Fireplace-barbecue
OwnerEd Martininventor
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Abstract
A combination portable gas barbecue and portable simulation fireplace includes a cooking vessel having imitation fireplace logs and a gas burner mounted on a lift-out log grate. A window is mounted in the front of the cooking vessel to allow direct viewing of the imitation logs and flames and of the underside of the food being cooked. Air inlet and outlets cause convection currents to flow away from the viewing window and out side vents formed by gaps between an oversized hood and the cooking vessel. An air convection system is set up by providing an air inlet below the window and outlet air gaps between the hood and the cooking vessel. A deflector is provided over the viewing window to prevent grease drippings from soiling the window or falling into the air inlet.
Claims22
A portable gas barbecue comprising a cooking vessel having a floor and walls extending upwardly from said floor, a hood, a gas burner and refractory disposed in said cooking vessel above said floor, and a viewing window comprising a high temperature rated transparent viewing glass mounted in the front wall of said vessel at substantially the same height above said floor of the cooking vessel as said refractory whereby to allow substantially direct lateral viewing of said refractory during operation of said barbecue without loss of heat from the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.