Stoves and furnaces – Stoves – Cooking
Patent
1997-07-23
2000-12-19
Jones, Larry
Stoves and furnaces
Stoves
Cooking
126 25R, 99340, 99445, 99450, F24C 300
Patent
active
06161534&
ABSTRACT:
Backyard type gas grills are made suitable for use with solid fuels such as charcoal by removing existing passive radiant heat material such as lava rocks and inserting an apparatus comprising supports (50) and perforated fuel basket (40). The unique design of the invention allows for its implementation in a majority of gas grills on the market by permitting the supports (50), which rest on at least a gas burner, to be positioned and fastened to the fuel basket (40) anywhere and in various directions with respect to the fuel basket (40). Locking means (56) prevent separation of the supports from the fuel basket. By locking the supports (50) to the fuel basket (40), the supports add structural integrity to the fuel basket and prevent the basket from warping and torquing due to repeated exposure to extreme temperature differentials.
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Heyman Leonard
Jones Larry
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