Gas heated broiler

Abstract

A broiler having a cabinet and the usual grill for holding chicken or the like being broiled, several spaced-apart gas burners positioned below the grill in the cabinet and a section of angle iron, serving as a radiant, mounted over each of the burners. A heat sensor is positioned just under the grill and connected with a thermostat which has an attached regulator knob calibrated to permit different temperature settings for the cooking zone at the grill. The burners are fed fuel through a gas manifold provided with an aspirator to adjust the fuel-air mixture for optimal combustibility of the fuel. Each of the burners is provided with a pilot orifice element, which, in turn, is connected with a common aspirator to insure an optimal mix or fuel and air for pilot light purposes. When the broiler is in operation, the regulator knob is adjustable to a predetermined setting for a desired temperature level at the grill. The burners heat the radiants which then give off radiant heat to cook the chicken or other meat placed on the grill for that purpose. Since the radiants are spaced apart, most of the drippings from the cooking meat fall between them, rather than on their surfaces to burn and create smoke, bounce onto neighboring burners to plug their openings, etc.

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