Electronic grill control

In a barbecue grill of the type employing a containment means with at least one burner disposed therein and a portable fuel source for containing and supplying fuel to said burner, the improvement comprising:

• a means for determining the quantity of fuel in said fuel source and for providing an electronic fuel level signal indicative of said quantity of fuel;
• an electronic monitoring and display circuit including an electronic display means for the display of human-readable information;
• said electronic monitoring and display circuit being receptive of said fuel level signal and having data processing means for deriving a first numerical value indicative of the quantity of fuel in said fuel source;
• said electronic monitoring and display circuit further having data processing means for deriving a second numerical value indicative of the remaining burning time of the quantity of fuel in said fuel source;
• said electronic monitoring and display circuit further including means for selectively displaying said first and second numerical values in human-readable form on said electronic display means;
• manually actuable time entry means for entry by a human user of a desired cooking time and wherein said electronic monitoring and display circuit further has data processing means for comparing said desired cooking time with said second numerical value and for producing a notification if the remaining burning time is inadequate to complete the desired cooking time.