Adjustable flavor bar and smoker box for a gas grill
AssigneeGrill Performance
InventorSteven Raymond Broerman
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Abstract
An adjustable food flavoring device with removable smoker box for use in a gas grill is disclosed. The apparatus includes an inverted V-shaped upper plate, an inverted V-shaped lower plate, a feature or features to prevent the movement of the assembly once a user obtains the desired length, a plurality of tabs to keep ceramic briquettes in their desired locations, and a removable smoker box in which to place articles for heating and burning to produce smoke that flavors the food being cooked on the grill.
Claims15
An adjustable length flavor bar apparatus for use in gas grills with a removable smoker box having a flavor bar shaped lid, comprising:
- a multi-piece flavor bar having inverted substantially V-shaped first and second nested plates with a smoker box cutout positioned substantially nearer to an end of the first plate and substantially centered on a spine of the first plate, wherein the
- second plate is slidably inserted into a plurality of grooves beneath the first plate so ends of the plates can support the multi-piece flavor bar when adjusted in length to be installed into a grill;
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- a removable smoker box, comprising an inverted substantially V-shaped removable lid substantially matching a profile of the first plate and covering the smoker box cutout, and a removable box sized to fit within the smoker box cutout, having an open top and a plurality of outward extending ridges at a top edge of two opposing walls of the removable box and a plurality of user-bendable tangs below the top of the edges, so the removable box can be supported within the smoker box cutout by the ridges or the user-bendable tangs to affect a smoke rate, wherein top edges of remaining two opposing walls of the removable box are inverted substantially V-shaped to substantially match a profile of the first plate, wherein the plates and lid cooperate to substantially form a flavor bar shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.