Cooking apparatus

Claim 1

In an outdoor barbecue apparatus the improvements comprising: a right circular cylindrical drum member having a substantially uniform diameter throughout its length and having a central axis extending horizontally; said drum member having end flat circular faces in a vertical plane; a hinged lid having a lip on the lower edge thereof, the upper half of said drum member being hinged and rotatable about a horizontal axis directly above and parallel to said central axis; brackets extending horizontally inward slightly below the lip of said hinged lid; means limiting the downward travel of said hinged lid; a grille resting on said brackets; a first venting assembly substantially below said grille on one of said flat circular faces and having a slidable door slidable vertically upwards; a knob on said slidable door for manual actuation of the door; a chimney member having a vertical opening above said grille at one end of said drum in the face thereof; said chimney member selectively extending vertically upward from said opening; foldable legs supporting said drum; a silver colored heat resistant paint provided on the exterior surfaces and interior surfaces of the drum member; said grille being divided into substantially two equal portions; said foldable legs being foldable so as to substantially reduce overall height of the barbecue apparatus during moving of the apparatus; said slidable door having sufficient friction with brackets holding said door to side of said drum, operable to hold said door in a preselected manually placed position.