Outdoor grill

In a barbecue grill which includes a grill bowl section which is substantially rectangular in outline, having a front, a rear and two sides, and which has an upstanding flange around its periphery, a mating cover section for said grill bowl having a depending flange around its periphery and hinge means for pivoting said cover relative to said grill bowl, the improvement comprising hinge means which include two spaced apart hinge member sets, one of such sets being associated with each of said sides of said upstanding flange, each of said hinge member sets including an elongated first hinge member, including two integral ends and an upper and lower surface and having one end portion pivotally attached to the associated side of said upstanding flange and the other end portion pivotally attached to the mating side of the depending flange, the lower edge of said first hinge member bearing upon the upper surface of said upstanding flange when the cover is in the fully open position and the rearward end of said cover is below the level of the upper surface of said upstanding flange, the upper surface of said first hinge member being provided with a generally planar section, an elongated second hinge member including opposite integral end portions, an intermediate portion and an upper surface and a lower surface, having one of its end portions pivotally attached to said associated upstanding flange and its other end portion attached to said depending flange, and pivotal attachment means connecting said hinge members to their respective flange members, the points of pivotal attachment being positioned so that said intermediate portion of said second hinge member bears upon said generally planar section of said first hinge member when said cover is in the fully opened position, the lengths of said hinge members and the positions of said pivot points being such that the flanges of the grill base section and the cover section mate when the cover is in the fully closed position.