Patent ID: 11867408
Assignee: MAGMA PRODUCTS
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A firebox for an outdoor cooking system, comprising a firebox housing, the firebox further comprising:
gas burner positioned inside the firebox housing, the gas burner having a surrounding edge and a plurality of gas ports distributed along the surrounding edge, with a burner Venturi tube extending from the gas burner and terminating at a generally cylindrical mouth that has a plurality of air openings;
a Venturi cover having a plurality of openings that are aligned with corresponding ones of the plurality of openings of the burner Venturi tube;
a gas valve having a fuel output fitting orifice that extends from the gas valve through the Venturi cover to be rotatably coupled to the cylindrical mouth of the Venturi cover
an adjustment mechanism that is coupled to the Venturi cover, the adjustment mechanism allowing a user to rotate the Venturi cover with respect to the cylindrical mouth so as to adjust the positions of the plurality of openings of the Venturi cover with respect to the positions of the plurality of air openings of the burner Venturi tube;
wherein the firebox defines a cooking surface, and further includes an enclosing wall defining an interior space, with the gas burner positioned inside the interior space and enclosed by the enclosing wall, wherein the enclosing wall has a height which extends upwardly above the gas burner to below the cooking surface of the firebox; and
wherein the gas burner has an outer edge, and all surfaces of the enclosing wall are spaced from the outer edge by no more than 1.5 inches.