# US 4,392,419 A · Cooking and smoking apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 4,392,419 A - Document ID: US4392419A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 06/133,795 - Filed: 1980-03-25 - Granted: 1983-07-12 - Earliest claimed: 1980-03-25 - Inventors: Weldon D. Bonny - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4392419A ## CPC - A47J 37/0704: {with horizontal fire box} - F24B 1/207: {movable} - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - F24B: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS (for solid fuels in combination with gaseous fuels, liquid fuels or other kinds of energy supply F24C1/02); IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES ## Abstract A portable and trailerable cooking and smoking apparatus comprising a housing enclosing the cooking and smoking space; a perforated shelf inside the housing in the upper portion thereof for supporting materials to be cooked or smoked; a slideable drawer capable of being selectively positioned from entirely within the housing to entirely outside the housing and serving as a fire box with an adjustable damper, and with an outlet in the rear portion thereof for the passage of smoke into the internal space of the housing; and a smoke outlet in the housing upper portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cooking and smoking apparatus comprising a housing enclosing a cooking and smoking space and having an upper portion and a lower portion, a perforated shelf inside said housing in said upper portion for supporting goods to be cooked or smoked, a first opening in said upper portion of said housing for the egress of smoke therefrom, a second opening in said lower portion of said housing, a fire box including an enclosed drawer selectively slideable in and out of said second opening and having a transverse cross section substantially complemental to said second opening, said drawer having a flat horizontal uninterrupted top surface defining an uninterrupted planar cover completely covering said drawer for closing the top of said drawer and providing a cooking surface, an openable and closeable front access door for said drawer, a damper means in communication with the interior of said firebox for controlling the size and intensity of the fire therein, and an exit passageway through said drawer remote from said front access door and said top surface to conduct heat and smoke from the interior of said firebox into the interior of said housing even while said drawer is partially moved outwardly of said second opening of said lower portion of said housing, said planar cover serving as a second cooking means when said drawer is moved to any of its outward positions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said damper means is movably mounted on said access door. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 which additionally comprises means located in said upper portion of said housing for access to the upper surface of said perforated shelf. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said access door is mounted to the front of said drawer and said damper means is movably mounted on said access door. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said access door is mounted to the front of said drawer and, when said drawer is fully inserted into said housing, said access door closes said second opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said housing is supported on a frame having an axle and two wheels mounted transverse to one end of said housing, a trailer hitch means on the other end of said housing adpted to be mounted to a powered vehicle, and a depending leg mounted to said hitch means for ground engagement when said apparatus is at rest. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said apparatus includes means mounting said wheels for rotatable movement, said wheels being detachable from said mounting means, a pair of fixed legs being connectable to said mounting means when said wheels are detached therefrom. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said trailer hitch means comprises a tow bar extending laterally from said housing other end, said tow bar being positioned generally parallel to the lengthwise horizontal axis of said housing, and a trailer hitch mounted to the free outer end of said tow bar. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said drawer is generally box-shaped and said front access door is movably mounted thereto, and includes, a rear end wall, a bottom surface, and two side walls, said front access door including a handle and said damper means being located at the bottom of said access door, said damper means including a rectangular aperture through said door and a slideable closure movably mounted therewithin; said rear end wall including said exit passageway for passage of heat and smoke into said smoking space in said housing below said perforated shelf; an elongated arm having one end affixed to said rear end wall adjacent said bottom of said drawer and the other end of said arm being slideably mounted on a horizontal rail below said bottom wall and inside said housing, said arm being oriented in the direction of travel of said drawer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said arm is elongated in the direction of travel of said drawer whereby said drawer is disposed spacedly outwardly from said housing while remaining attached to said rail to permit cleaning of said drawer and of the internal wall defining said housing lower portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said drawer is slideably attached to an elongated horizontal rail affixed to said housing in said lower portion below said firebox and oriented parallel to the direction of travel of said drawer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said drawer is selectively movable from one extreme wherein said front access door is substantially flush with said housing to the other extreme wherein the entire drawer is exterior of said housing while remaining attached to said rail. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said drawing additionally comprises a rear end wall through which said exit passageway extends, said rear end wall being substantially continuous with said top wall. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13 wherein an arm having roller means for attachment to said horizontal rail is affixed to said rear end wall.