Barbecue cooking apparatus with ash scraper assembly

An ash scraper assembly for use with barbecue cooking devices, said assembly comprises:

• at least one scraper comprising an axle rod and at least one arm extending from said axle rod, said axle rod designed to work with a barbecue cooking device having a firebowl with a central aperture and at least one peripheral aperture on its bottomside, said axle rod designed to fit within the central aperture of the tirebowl of the cooking device,
• at least one scraper handle designed to be connected to said scraper to thereby rotate said arm to scrape the bottomside of the firebowl of the cooking device and allow ashes to fall through the peripheral aperture of the firebowl, and to allow said arm to cover and uncover the peripheral aperture of the firebowl for venting purposes;
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• at least one clip, said clip is slidably moveable on said scraper handle and said clip is designed to lock said ash scraper assembly to the firebowl during a latched position, said axle rod comprises a bottomside and torque ears extending from said bottomside of said axle rod, said torque ears comprise at least one pivot hole and at least one slot, said scraper handle comprises at least one shaft with opposing ends, said shaft comprises a knob on one end and a pivot pin on the opposing end, said pivot pin designed to fit within said pivot hole of said torque ears of said axle rod, said clip comprises a wedge connected to at least one spring arm, said spring arm of said clip leads to a protrusion and has at least one detent, and one end of said shaft of said scraper handle adjacent to said pivot pin is designed to fit said slot of said torque ear and said knob leads to a stop, said stop being connected to opposing end of said shaft.