Outdoor cooking apparatus and enclosure for an outdoor cooking device

An enclosure for an outdoor cooking device comprising:

• a housing cooperatively engaging the outdoor cooking device,
• said housing comprising at least one door disposable between an open position and a closed position,
• a doorway seal disposed along a doorway interface between said housing and said door,
• a housing cover structured to engage said housing and being disposable between an operable position and a storage position,
• a housing seal disposed along a housing interface between said housing and said housing cover,
• an adjustable support mechanism disposed within said housing and structured to support the outdoor cooking device in at least an operative orientation,
• a lift mechanism interconnected to said adjustable support mechanism and structured to selectively raise and lower said adjustable support mechanism and the outdoor cooking device within said housing, and
• the outdoor cooking device being substantially enclosed within said housing while said door is disposed in said closed position and said housing cover is disposed in said storage position.

An outdoor cooking apparatus comprising:

• a base having a lid movably mounted thereto,
• said lid being disposable between an open configuration and a closed configuration,
• a main seal disposed continuously along a main interface of said base and said lid,
• said closed configuration being at least partially defined by said lid disposed in a substantially enclosing relation to an upper portion of said base along said main seal,
• a plurality of ports formed in said apparatus in a communicating relation to an interior of said apparatus,
• a port seal assembly structured and disposed in a sealing engagement with at least some of said plurality of ports, and
• said main seal and said port seal assembly structured to restrict access to said interior of said apparatus while said lid is disposed in said closed configuration and said port seal assembly is disposed in said sealing engagement.

An outdoor cooking apparatus comprising:

• a base having a lid movably interconnected thereto,
• said lid being disposable between an open configuration and a closed configuration,
• a main seal disposed along a main interface of said base and said lid,
• said closed configuration being at least partially defined by said lid disposed in a substantially enclosing relation to an upper portion of said base along said main seal,
• a plurality of ports formed in said apparatus in a communicating relation to an interior of said apparatus,
• a port seal assembly structured and disposed in a sealing engagement with at least some of said plurality of ports,
• said main seal and said port seal assembly structured to at least partially restrict access to said interior of said apparatus while said lid is disposed in said closed configuration and said port seal assembly is disposed in said sealing engagement,
• a skirt disposed in an overlying relation to a lower portion of said base and interconnected thereto,
• a control panel at least partially mounted to said skirt and structured to operatively engage and control an amount of heat generated by at least one heating element disposed within said base,
• a skirt cover structured to engage said skirt and being disposable between an operable configuration and a storage configuration, and
• said storage configuration is at least partially defined by said skirt and said skirt cover further restricting access to said lower portion of said base while said skirt cover is disposed in said storage configuration.