Grill hook device

A grill hook device for lifting a cooking surface grate from a charcoal grill or grill pit, the cooking surface grate having a plurality of cross bars, the cross bars having a top surface and a bottom surface, the grill hook device comprising:

• a center shaft having a first end and a second end;
• a handle mounted to the first end of the center shaft;
• an anchor shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end of the anchor shaft attached to the center shaft between the first end and the second end of the center shaft;
• an anchor unit mounted to the second end of the anchor shaft, the anchor unit having a substantially inverted “U” shape with a bent portion formed at each end of the anchor unit, each bent portion being angled in a general downward direction;
• and
• a grill hook member curving outward from the second end of the center shaft with a portion of a distal end of the grill hook member bending around to a point substantially perpendicular to the remaining portion of the grill hook member, the grill hook member receiving at least one of the cross bars for the cooking surface grate;
• wherein upon positioning at least one of the cross bars within the grill hook member, the grill hook member contacts the bottom surface of the at least one cross bar, and the anchor unit against the top surface of the cross bars, the cooking surface grate is liftable from the grill.

A method for lifting a cooking surface grate from a charcoal grill or grill pit, the cooking surface grate having a plurality of cross bars, the cross bars having, a top surface and a bottom surface, the method comprising:

• providing a center shaft having a first end and a second end;
• mounting a handle to the first end of the center shaft;
• providing an anchor shaft having a first end and a second end;
• attaching the first end of the anchor shaft to the center shaft between the first end and the second end of the center shaft;
• mounting an anchor unit mounted to the second end of the anchor shaft;
• forming the anchor unit into a substantially inverted “U” shape;
• forming a bent portion at each end of the anchor unit;
• providing a grill hook member curving outward from the second end of the center shaft with a portion of a distal end of the grill hook member bending around to a point substantially perpendicular to the remaining portion of the grill hook member;
• positioning at least one of the cross bars within the grill hook member;
• contacting the bottom surface of the at least one cross bar with the grill hook member;
• positioning the anchor unit against the top surface of the cross bars;
• and
• lifting the cooking surface grate from the grill.

A grill hook device for lifting a cooking surface grate from a charcoal grill or grill pit, the cooking surface grate having a plurality of cross bars, the cross bars having a top surface and a bottom surface, the grill hook device comprising:

• a center shaft having a first end and a second end;
• a handle mounted to the first end of the center shaft;
• an anchor shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end of the anchor shaft attached to the center shaft between the first end and the second end of the center shaft, the anchor shaft attached to the center shaft at a position between a center point of the center shaft and the second end, the anchor shaft is closer to the center point than the second end of the center shaft;
• an anchor unit mounted to the second end of the anchor shaft, the anchor unit having a substantially inverted “U” shape with a bent portion formed at each end of the anchor unit;
• and
• a grill hook member curving outward from the second end of the center shaft with a portion of a distal end of the grill hook, member bending around to a point substantially perpendicular to the remaining portion of the grill hook member, the grill hook member receiving at least one of the cross bars for the cooking surface grate;
• wherein upon positioning at least one of the cross bars within the grill hook member, the grill hook member contacts the bottom surface of the at least one cross bar, and the anchor unit against the top surface of the cross bars, the cooking surface grate is liftable from the grill.