Outdoor smoking system
OwnerNathan E. Mooreinventor
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Abstract
An outdoor smoking system including a smoking device coupled to a cooking vessel. The smoking device includes a feed chute for continuously supplying fuel to a burning chamber without user intervention. The feed chute is positioned above the burning chamber to gravity feed the fuel into the burning chamber. A grate positioned in the bottom wall of the burning chamber allows ash created by the burning to fall out of the chamber into an ash tray. As ash leaves the chamber through the grate, additional fuel in the feed chute is allowed to enter, maintaining a substantially constant burning mass in the burning chamber.
Claims20
A smoking device for providing heated air and smoke to a cooking chamber of a cooking vessel comprising:
- a container including a bottom wall and a sidewall extending upward from the bottom wall to form a cavity defining a burning chamber in the container for burning a smoke creating material, the bottom wall including a grate portion for allowing ash created from burning the smoke creating material to fall out of the cavity;
- a feed chute positioned above the burning chamber having a first opening for gravity feeding the smoke creating material into the burning chamber of the container wherein smoke creating material in the feed chute is continuously fed into the burning chamber as ash leaves the burning chamber through the grate, and a second opening for providing access to the feed chute for supplying smoke creating material to the feed chute;
- an adjustable damper positioned above the burning chamber of the container, the adjustable damper configured to control the flow of smoke from burning of the smoke creating material out of the burning chamber;
- an upper chamber positioned above the burning chamber for receiving smoke from the burning chamber through the damper, the upper chamber configured to transfer smoke to the cooking vessel, wherein the upper chamber surrounds at least a portion of the feed chute.
A natural convection system for smoking meats and other food products comprising:
- a smoking device having a container with a bottom wall, a sidewall extending from the bottom wall and a top wall connected to the sidewall, the bottom wall, sidewall and top wall of the container defining a burning chamber, a feed chute above the burning chamber for supplying fuel to the burning chamber and an upper chamber above the burning chamber for receiving smoke from material burning in the burning chamber, wherein the upper chamber surrounds at least a portion of the feed chute and, a separate cooking vessel coupled to the smoking device, the cooking vessel including a bottom wall, a sidewall having a first side, an opposing second side, a back side and a front side extending upward from the bottom wall, and a top wall, the bottom wall, sidewall and top wall defining a cooking chamber, the cooking vessel including a first duct at the first side of the sidewall having a first outer opening proximate a lower portion of the sidewall for receiving smoke from the smoking device, the first duct having a first internal opening proximate a top portion of the cooking chamber for delivering the smoke to the cooking chamber, and the cooking vessel having a second internal opening at the second side of the sidewall proximate a lower portion of the cooking chamber for exhausting the smoke.
A smoking device for supplying heated smoke to a cooking vessel comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall, a sidewall extending from the bottom wall, and a top wall connected to the sidewall to form a burning chamber;
- a support structure for supporting the container above a removable ash collector, wherein the bottom wall of the burning chamber includes a grate portion for allowing ash created in the burning chamber to fall into the removable ash collector;
- a feed chute having a first lower opening positioned above the bottom wall of the burning chamber, the feed chute configured to gravity feed a smoke creating material to the burning chamber, the feed chute further including a second upper opening for providing access for supplying the smoke creating material to the feed chute;
- a smoke chamber positioned above the top wall of the burning chamber wherein the top wall includes at least a first aperture for allowing smoke created in the burning chamber to flow into the smoke chamber, wherein the smoke chamber surrounds at least a portion of the feed chute;
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- a damper positioned proximate the first aperture to control the flow of smoke from the burning chamber to the smoke chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.