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US 4,823,684 AGranted
Pellet-fired barbecue
OwnerJoseph P. Traeger, Randolph J. Traeger +1inventors
InventorsJoseph P. Traeger, Randolph J. Traeger, Mark A. Traeger
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Abstract
A pellet-fired barbecue including an elevated barbecue pan fired by a pellet-burning pot mounted below the bottom of the barbecue. A heat baffle plate is disposed within the pan above the top of the pot, and forced-air mechanism produces movement of hearted air within the barbecue.
Claims5
A pellet-fired barbecue comprising:
- a pan with bottom and sides and open at the top,
- a fire pot having sides and an open top mounted adjacent the bottom of the pan with the sides of the pot joining with the bottom of the pan and with the open top of the fire pot communicating with the interior of the pan,
- auger means for supplying pellet fuel to the fire pot, said auger means comprising an auger tube mounted beneath said pan with an end of the tube connected with a side of said pot and a rotatable auger disposed within said auger tube,
- food-support means for supporting food to be cooked disposed above the fire pot and adjacent the top of said pan and,
- means for admitting air into the fire pot to support combustion comprising perforations in the sides of the pot spaced from where said tube is connected with a side of said pot, said air being channeled by said pot upwardly into the interior of said pan.
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A pellet-fired barbecue comprising:
- a pan with bottom and sides and an open top and means supporting said pan above the ground,
- a substantially horizontal metallic heat baffle plate disposed within the interior of the pan upwardly from said bottom,
- a substantially horizontal grill disposed within the interior of said pan adjacent the top thereof and spaced above said baffle plate,
- a fire pot having sides and an open top mounted adjacent the bottom of said pan with the sides of the pot joining with the bottom of said pan and with the open top of said pot communicating with the interior of the pan beneath said baffle plate,
- auger means for supplying pellet fuel to the fire pot, and
- forced air means connecting with the inside of said pot to produce heated air flow upwardly from said pot and against said baffle plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.