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US3786741A
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Smoking and cooking apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1972-08-04
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Granted: 1974-01-22
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Expires: 1992-08-04
Abstract
Abstract A smoking and cooking apparatus operable to overlay a cooking surface including a closed heat reflective member, support members connected to and downwardly extending from the closed heat reflective member for supporting the member above a cooking surface. The closed heat reflective member in combination with the support members serve to reflect heat onto food cooking upon the cooking surface and to collect smoke above the cooking surface in order to flavor the food. Passages are fashioned laterally through the supporting members to permit circulation within the smoking and cooking apparatus while simultaneously providing a desirable retention of smoke adjacent to the food during the cooking and smoking thereof. The closed heat reflective member and support members may be operatively engageable with a griddle which comprises a generally square heat conductive plate. The plate is fashioned with upwardly extending flange means peripherally extending thereabout for engagement with the support members. During a cooking operation the downwardly extending support members serve to maintain the closed heat reflective member generally above and in a parallel plane with respect to the heat conductive plate to facilitate the cooking and smoking of food upon the plate. After the cooking operation the closed heat reflective and support members may be disconnected from the griddle and inverted to serve as a grease collecting means, attarctive table server and the like. The closed heat reflective and support members in combination with the griddle may be advantageously utilized in combination with a barbecuing grill which is suitable to support a charcoal fire or the like. In this instance the griddle is provided with a plurality of apertures extending through the heat conductive plate to faciliate smoking the food during the cooking operation.
Inventors
- 👤 E Plumley
- 👤 D Brown
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-29 12:47
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J37/00; A47J37/06; A47J37/07; A47J37/0786
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
A smoking and cooking apparatus operable to overlay a cooking surface comprising: a closed heat reflective means; support means connected to and downwardly extending from said closed heat reflective means for supporting said closed heat reflective means above a cooking surface, said closed heat reflective means in combination with said support means serving to reflect heat toward the cooking surface and to collect smoke above the cooking surface; and passage means laterally extending through said support means and comprising at least one recess fashioned from a free edge of said support means upwardly toward said closed heat reflective means for permitting smoke circulation within said apparatus.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
A smoking and cooking apparatus operable to overlay a cooking surface comprising: a closed heat reflective means; support means connected to and downwardly extending from said closed heat reflective means for supporting said closed heat reflective means above a cooking surface, said closed heat reflective means in combination with said support means serving to reflect heat toward the cooking surface and to collect smoke above the cooking surface; and passage means laterally extending through said support means and comprising at least one recess fashioned from a free edge of said support means upwardly toward said closed heat reflective means for permitting smoke circulation within said apparatus.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
68 words
A smoking and cooking apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein: said closed heat reflective means comprises a generally planar square shaped plate; and said support means comprise heat reflective side walls extending generally normally from the edges of said plate, said side walls having an equal extent so that said closed heat reflective means may be supported in a generally parallel horizontal plane above the cooking surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
120 words
A cooking apparatus comprising: a griddle including, a heat conductive plate, and upwardly extending flange means peripherally extending about said plate; and smoking and cooking means operably connected to said griddle including a closed heat reflective means; support means connected to and downwardly extending from said closed heat reflective means for engagement with said flange means of griddle to reflect heat toward said griddle and collect smoke thereabove; and passage means laterally extending through said support means and comprising at least one recess fashioned from a free edge of said support means upward toward said closed heat reflective means for permitting in combination with at least a portion of said upwardly extending flange means smoke circulation within said cooking apparatus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
120 words
A cooking apparatus comprising: a griddle including, a heat conductive plate, and upwardly extending flange means peripherally extending about said plate; and smoking and cooking means operably connected to said griddle including a closed heat reflective means; support means connected to and downwardly extending from said closed heat reflective means for engagement with said flange means of griddle to reflect heat toward said griddle and collect smoke thereabove; and passage means laterally extending through said support means and comprising at least one recess fashioned from a free edge of said support means upward toward said closed heat reflective means for permitting in combination with at least a portion of said upwardly extending flange means smoke circulation within said cooking apparatus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
134 words
A smoking and cooking apparatus operable to overlay a cooking surface comprising: a closed heat reflective means; support means connected to and downwardly extending from Said closed heat reflective means for supporting said closed heat reflective means above a cooking surface, said closed heat reflective means in combination with said support means serving to reflect heat toward the cooking surface and to collect smoke above the cooking surface; passage means laterally extending through said support means permitting smoke circulation within said apparatus; and means connected to an upper surface of said closed heat relective means for serving as a handle when said support means is downwardly extending and for serving as a base suitable to maintain said apparatus in a stable posture when said apparatus is inverted and said support means is upwardly extending.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
134 words
A smoking and cooking apparatus operable to overlay a cooking surface comprising: a closed heat reflective means; support means connected to and downwardly extending from Said closed heat reflective means for supporting said closed heat reflective means above a cooking surface, said closed heat reflective means in combination with said support means serving to reflect heat toward the cooking surface and to collect smoke above the cooking surface; passage means laterally extending through said support means permitting smoke circulation within said apparatus; and means connected to an upper surface of said closed heat relective means for serving as a handle when said support means is downwardly extending and for serving as a base suitable to maintain said apparatus in a stable posture when said apparatus is inverted and said support means is upwardly extending.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
A smoking and cooking apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein said means for serving as a handle and base comprise: a knob connected to said apparatus in the center on the exterior surface of said closed heat reflective means, and a plurality of legs radiating upwardly from said knob along the exterior surface to the outer edge portions of said closed heat reflective means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
68 words
A smoker apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein: said legs are generally rectangular in cross section and tapered along the length of the outer edge thereof from the free end of said knob outwardly to the end of said legs whereby upon inverting said apparatus and placing said apparatus upon a generally planar surface the free end of said knob will be spaced above the planar surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
82 words
A smoker apparatus as defined in claim 6 wherein: said legs are also tapered along the length of the inner edge thereof from said knob outwardly to the end of said legs and into supporting contact with the upper surface of said closed heat reflective means whereby an air gap is maintained between the upper surface of siad closed heat reflective means and the inner edge of said legs to minimize heat transfer into said legs from said closed heat reflective means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
151 words
A smoking and cooking apparatus operable to overlay a cooking surface comprising: a closed heat reflective means, including a generally planar square shaped plate; support means connected to and downwardly extending from said closed heat reflective means for supporting said closed heat reflective means above a cooking surface, said closed heat reflective means in combination with said support means serving to reflect heat toward the cooking surface and to collect smoke above the cooking surface, said support means including heat reflective side walls extending generally normally from the edges of said plate, said side walls having an equal extent so that said closed heat reflective means may be supported in a generally parallel horizontal plane above the cooking surface; and passage means comprising recesses fashioned generally along the midspan portions of said side walls from the free edges thereof toward said planar square member for permitting smoke circulation within said apparatus.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
151 words
A smoking and cooking apparatus operable to overlay a cooking surface comprising: a closed heat reflective means, including a generally planar square shaped plate; support means connected to and downwardly extending from said closed heat reflective means for supporting said closed heat reflective means above a cooking surface, said closed heat reflective means in combination with said support means serving to reflect heat toward the cooking surface and to collect smoke above the cooking surface, said support means including heat reflective side walls extending generally normally from the edges of said plate, said side walls having an equal extent so that said closed heat reflective means may be supported in a generally parallel horizontal plane above the cooking surface; and passage means comprising recesses fashioned generally along the midspan portions of said side walls from the free edges thereof toward said planar square member for permitting smoke circulation within said apparatus.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
134 words
A cooking apparatus comprising: a griddle including, a generally square shaped heat conductive plate, and upwardly extending outwardly bowed flange means peripherally extending about said plate; and smoking and cooking means operably connected to said griddle including closed heat reflective means comprising a generally square shaped heat reflective plate, support means comprising heat reflective side walls connected to and downwardly extending normally from the edges of said heat reflective means for engagement with said flange means of said griddle to reflect heat toward said griddle and collect smoke thereabove; and passage means comprising recesses fashioned generally along the midspan portions of said heat reflective side walls from the free edges thereof toward said heat reflective plate for acting in combination with said outwardly bowed flange means to permit smoke circulation within said cooking apparatus.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
134 words
A cooking apparatus comprising: a griddle including, a generally square shaped heat conductive plate, and upwardly extending outwardly bowed flange means peripherally extending about said plate; and smoking and cooking means operably connected to said griddle including closed heat reflective means comprising a generally square shaped heat reflective plate, support means comprising heat reflective side walls connected to and downwardly extending normally from the edges of said heat reflective means for engagement with said flange means of said griddle to reflect heat toward said griddle and collect smoke thereabove; and passage means comprising recesses fashioned generally along the midspan portions of said heat reflective side walls from the free edges thereof toward said heat reflective plate for acting in combination with said outwardly bowed flange means to permit smoke circulation within said cooking apparatus.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
83 words
A cooking apparatus as defined in claim 9 and further comprIsing: an upwardly extending extension member connected at a midspan location to said flange means along one side of said griddle and being dimensioned to substantially block flow through one of said recesses within the reflective side walls of said cooking and smoking apparatus which is positioned adjacent said extension member; and a handle connected to said extension member and generally normally projecting therefrom to enable the cooking apparatus to be conveniently manipulated.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
62 words
A cooking apparatus as defined in claim 9 and further comprising: ledge means fashioned generally at the junction locations of said heat reflective side walls for providing abutting engagement of said heat reflective side walls with the upper edge of said griddle flange means generally at the corner location thereof whereby said closed heat reflective means may be supported above said griddle.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
57 words
A cooking apparatus as defined in claim 11 and further comprising: means connected to the upper surface of said heat reflective plate for serving as a handle when said smoking and cooking means is positioned on top of said griddle and for serving as a base when said smoking and cooking means is positioned beneath said griddle.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
47 words
A cooking apparatus as defined in claim 12 wherein: said heat reflective side walls, at the junction locations thereof are resilient and dimensioned to interferingly engage the corner portions of the flange means of said griddle when said smoking and cooking means is positioned beneath said griddle.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
151 words
A cooking apparatus comprising: a grill including, a basin means for enhousing heat generating means, support means for supporting said basin above a ground surface, and a griddle operably supported upon the grid of said grill including, a heat conductive plate; and upwardly extending flange means peripherally extending about said heat conductive plate; and smoking and cooking means operably connected to said griddle including, a closed heat reflective means, support means connected to and downwardly extending from said closed heat reflective means for engagement with said flange means of said griddle to operably connect said closed heat reflective means to said griddle to reflect heat toward said griddle and collect smoke thereabove, and passage means laterally extending through said support means and comprising at least one recess fashioned from a free edge of said support means upwardly toward said closed heat reflective means for permitting smoke circulation within said cooking apparatus.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
151 words
A cooking apparatus comprising: a grill including, a basin means for enhousing heat generating means, support means for supporting said basin above a ground surface, and a griddle operably supported upon the grid of said grill including, a heat conductive plate; and upwardly extending flange means peripherally extending about said heat conductive plate; and smoking and cooking means operably connected to said griddle including, a closed heat reflective means, support means connected to and downwardly extending from said closed heat reflective means for engagement with said flange means of said griddle to operably connect said closed heat reflective means to said griddle to reflect heat toward said griddle and collect smoke thereabove, and passage means laterally extending through said support means and comprising at least one recess fashioned from a free edge of said support means upwardly toward said closed heat reflective means for permitting smoke circulation within said cooking apparatus.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
43 words
A cooking apparatus as defined in claim 14 wherein: said heat conductive plate of said griddle is fashioned with a plurality of aperture means to establish fluid communication between an upper surface of said heat conductive plate and the basin of said grill.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1981-01-21 | 1981-07-23 | 1982-01-22 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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