Electric barbecue machine
Abstract
Abstract A PORTABLE BARBECUE MACHINE HAVING A HEATER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HEATER ELEMENT POSITIONED BELOW A GRILL UPON WHICH FOOD IS PLACED TO BE COOKED. AN INVERTED ANGLE IRON IS PLACED IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT OVER THE HEATING ELEMENT SO THAT DRIPPINGS ARE DEFLECTED AWAY FROM THE ELEMENT. A TRAY MAY BE POSITIONED BENEATH THE ANGLE IRON AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE HEATING ELEMENT, THE TRAY ALLOWING INSERTION OF SMOKING MATERIALS SUCH AS CHARCOAL, HICKORY OR THE LIKE THEREIN. THE ANGLE IRON INCLUDES A SLITTED APEX PORTION SO THAT THE SMOKE MAY PASS THERETHROUGH TO TREAT THE FOOD. A DRIPPINGS DEFLECTOR IS PLACED OVER THE SLIT IN OVERLYING SPACED RELATION SO THAT DRIPPINGS ARE PREVENTED FROM FALLING THROUGH THE SLIT INTO THE TRAY.
Inventors
- 👤 Earl T Folmar
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