Patent ID: 9510604
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A23B,A23L,A23V,A47J,F24C,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for cooking or smoking a food product comprising a housing having: an upwardly extending first wall; an upwardly extending interior wall inside of the upwardly extending first wall; a food cooking or smoking chamber, for cooking or smoking the food product, which is defined within the upwardly extending interior wall and is at least partially surrounded by the upwardly extending interior wall in a horizontal plane; an upwardly extending intermediate wall between the upwardly extending first wall and the upwardly extending interior wall; an upwardly extending inner flow gap which is formed between the upwardly extending interior wall and the upwardly extending intermediate wall and which at least partially surrounds the food cooking or smoking chamber in the horizontal plane; an upwardly extending outer flow gap which is formed between the upwardly extending intermediate wall and the upwardly extending first wall and which at least partially surrounds the food cooking or smoking chamber in the horizontal plane; and a flow path defined in the housing for combustion products, wherein the flow path travels through the upwardly extending inner flow gap, the food cooking or smoking chamber, and the upwardly extending outer flow gap, wherein the apparatus further comprises a fuel burner assembly for producing the combustion products, the fuel burner assembly having a discharge for the combustion products which is in fluid communication with a lower end portion of the upwardly extending inner flow gap and the fuel burner assembly comprises: