Passively cooled aluminum barbecue pit
AssigneePredator Grills, LLC
InventorTodd Bard TUNSTALL
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Abstract
A powder coated aluminum barbecue pit burner that burns gas in the same way that stainless steel burner tubes do, but last longer and do not rust. The use of powder coated aluminum makes the burner according to the present invention corrosion resistant. Additionally, the powder coated aluminum burner of the present invention also contain a heat sink element that prevents the temperature of the tubes from getting too high. Controlling temperature and using powder coated aluminum burners, instead of stainless steel, ensures that the burner will last longer. Another embodiment utilizes a water cooled system in connection with the heat sink element.
Claims19
A burner construction for use with combustible fuel comprising:
- a burner having a passage with an inlet connected to the passage,
- wherein the passage receives combustible fuel through an inlet and the combustible fuel is combusted in the passage;a plurality of combustion holes along an exterior of the burner and extending into the passage, andat least one heat sink formed of connected to the burner at a first end and extends away from the burner terminating at a second end.
A barbecue arrangement comprising:
- a firebox with an exterior and an interior with a bottom surface of the interior;
- at least one burner mounted in the interior of the firebox;
- at least one heat sink having a first end connected to the at least one burner and extending away from the at least one burner and terminating at a second end, and
- a thermal management device in contact with the second end of the at least one heat sink for removing heat transferred through the at least one heat sink from the at least one burner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.