Convertible portable cooker

A cooker convertible between operation as a barbecue for grilling food and a stove for heating a cooking utensil, said cooker comprising a bowl having a substantially closed base and an open top, a burner mounted on said base, an open wire stand mounted on said base and extending upward therefrom to a location above said burner for supporting the cooking utensil thereon during use of the cooker as a stove, a grill rack removably mounted in the upper portion of said bowl, above said stand, for supporting food thereon during operation of the cooker as a barbecue, and a metal plate supportable directly on said stand, above said burner but below said grill rack, for distributing heat from said burner to said grill rack during use of the cooker as a barbecue, said stand having an upper portion defining a generally frustoconical supporting area for the cooking utensil, said upper portion of said stand being angled upward and outward at a small acute angle, and said metal plate having an outer annular portion angled upward and outward at a small acute angle approximately equal to the small acute angle of inclination of said upper portion of said stand, such that said metal plate fits on said stand substantially coincidentally with said frustoconical supporting area.

A cooker convertible between operation as a barbecue for grilling food and a stove for heating a cooking utensil, said cooker comprising a bowl having a substantially closed base and an open top, a burner mounted on said base, an open wire stand mounted on said base and extending upward therefrom to a location above said burner for supporting the cooking utensil thereon during use of the cooker as a stove, a grill rack removably mounted in the upper portion of said bowl, above said stand, for supporting food thereon during operation of the cooker as a barbecue, and a metal plate supportable directly on said stand, above said burner but below said grill rack, for distributing heat from said burner to said grill rack during use of the cooker as a barbecue, said stand including a bottom ring, a middle ring larger than the bottom ring and a top ringer larger than the middle ring, and several rods interconnecting said rings, said bottom ring being positioned between said burner and said bowl base, said middle ring being located above said burner, and said outer ring being located above said middle ring.