Smokeless barbecue grill
OwnerMong-Yu Leeinventor
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Abstract
A smokeless barbecue grill includes a tubular frame with a grill received therein and an annular gap defined between the frame and the grill. A plurality of nozzles are located around and below the grill and a divider is located below the nozzles, wherein the divider has a protrusion extending toward the grill with a hole defined therethrough so that water sprayed from the nozzles containing the grease and ash particles drops through the hole. A ventilator is located below the divider to suck air from the frame.
Claims14
A smokeless barbecue grill comprising:
- a grill received in a tubular frame with a gap defined between said frame and said grill;
- a plurality of nozzles located below said grill;
- a divider connected transversely in said frame and located below said nozzles, at least one hole defined through said divider, and
- at least one ventilator located below said divider.
A smokeless barbecue grill apparatus comprising:
- a. a grill for cooking food thereon configured substantially within a top portion of a frame and defining a gap between the grill and the frame so that smoke emanating from the grill during use may be sucked back into the apparatus via the gap;
- b. a ventilator having piping associated therewith and positioned at a portion of the frame lower than the grill, wherein the ventilator and associated piping is useful for sucking smoke emanating from the grill through the gap and to a location below the grill;
- c. a plurality of nozzles positioned around and below the grill, said nozzles connected to a pump for pumping water through the nozzles and into a region of the device in which the smoke is sucked during operation, and so that the nozzles spray the water onto the smoke to precipitate any particulate from the smoke into the water;
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- d. a divider configured within the apparatus to collect the water sprayed from the nozzles, said divider being located transversely and between the ventilator and the nozzles, and having at least one hole therethrough to allow the water to pass from the nozzles to a portion of the apparatus beneath the divider, wherein the hole is sized and positioned so that the water having the precipitate of the smoke is allowed to only pass through the hole at a rate which maintains the hole blocked with water during operation of the device thereby isolating the smoke to a location within the device beneath the grill and above the divider.
A barbecue grill having a smoke removal system for creating a smokeless cooking environment when in use, comprising:
- a. an upper cooking portion for receiving and cooking food;
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- b. a lower smoke removal portion for sucking the cooking smoke therein, spraying the smoke with water from nozzles, collecting the water and particulate on a divider, and removing the water and particulate from the apparatus through a water-sealed hole defined by a portion of the divider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.