US 9,810,436 B2 · Dual inlet griddle/grill burner having multiple burner configurations

Abstract

A grilling appliance includes first and second fuel delivery ports extending from a grill housing, a first burner element selectively connected to one of the first and second fuel delivery ports to define a single-burner condition, a second burner element selectively connected to the other of the first and second fuel delivery ports to define, with the first burner element, a twin-burner condition, an elongated burner element having two fuel inlets selectively connected to the first and second fuel delivery ports to define, when the first and second burner elements are removed from the first and second fuel delivery ports and a large-burner condition. At least one ignitor is in communication with the first burner element in the single-burner condition, the first and second burner elements in the twin-burner condition and the elongated burner element in the large-burner condition.

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Dependent claims

A grilling appliance comprising:

first and second fuel delivery ports extending from a grill housing;
a first burner element selectively connected to one of the first and second fuel delivery ports to define a single-burner condition;
a second burner element selectively connected to the other of the first and second fuel delivery ports to define, with the first burner element, a twin-burner condition;
an elongated burner element having two fuel inlets selectively connected to the first and second fuel delivery ports to define, when the first and second burner elements are removed from the first and second fuel delivery ports, a large-burner condition;
and
at least one ignitor in communication with the first burner element in the single-burner condition, the first and second burner elements in the twin-burner condition and the elongated burner element in the large-burner condition, wherein the at least one ignitor is in a fixed position within the grill housing in the single-burner, twin-burner and large-burner conditions.

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A grilling appliance comprising:

first and second fuel delivery ports in selective communication with at least one ignitor;
first and second small burner elements selectively engagable with at least one of the first and second fuel delivery ports to define a single-burner condition and a twin-burner condition, wherein the single-burner condition is defined by one of the first and second small burner elements being in communication with one of the first and second fuel delivery ports and the other of the first and second small burner elements being out of communication with the other of the first and second fuel delivery ports, and wherein the twin-burner condition is defined by the first small burner element being in communication with one of the first and second fuel delivery ports and the second small burner element being in communication with the other of the first and second fuel delivery ports;
and
an elongated burner element alternatively engagable with the first and second fuel delivery ports to define a large-burner condition, wherein the first and second fuel delivery ports are simultaneously controlled by a single user interface when in the large-burner condition.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dual inlet griddle/grill burner having multiple burner configurations

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Dual inlet griddle/grill burner having multiple burner configurations

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Abstract

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