Charcoal starter

Details Charcoal starter Charcoal starter

1974-10-10

1976-01-27

Sprague, Kenneth W.

Furnaces

With fuel treatment means

Preliminary refuse treatment means

126 25B, F23Q 1300

Patent

active

039345203

ABSTRACT:
A charcoal starter used with a conventional charcoal barbecue grill for outdoor cooking includes a tapered housing formed by interconnecting quadrilateral sidewalls that are arranged to rest vertically on the supporting surface of the charcoal grill. The sidewalls define open top and bottom portions with the area of the bottom opening being greater than the area of the top opening. A row of air inlet apertures and a pair of openings are provided in each of the sidewalls adjacent the lower end portions and the upper end portions thereof respectively. A handle member is detachably engageable with a pair of openings for lifting the housing into and out of position on the barbecue grill supporting surface. A grate having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough is positioned in the housing and is supported at an elevation above the sidewall air inlet apertures by support members secured to the grate. Ignitable material such as paper is received within the housing below the grate, and charcoal briquets are supported on the grate. The combustion gases from the burning of the ignitable material flow upwardly through the grate to thereby ignite the charcoal. The handle also functions to lift the grate from the grill by engagement with one of the apertures in the grate and to disperse the heated charcoal briquets into the grill. After use the charcoal starter is conveniently stored by extending the handle down through the open top portion of the housing to engage the grate by the apertures. Vertically lifting the grate by the handle within the housing urges the edge portions of the grate into frictional engagement with the housing sidewalls. Thus, by suspending the handle above the housing the grate remains secured to the housing.

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patent: 3177826 (1965-04-01), Cohen
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patent: 3216379 (1965-11-01), Durfee
patent: 3296984 (1967-01-01), Durfee
patent: 3453975 (1969-07-01), Gunter
patent: 3739732 (1973-06-01), Graham
patent: 3848577 (1974-11-01), Storandt

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