Patent ID: 9668615
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. An accessory for a cooking grill, the cooking grill including matable bottom and top portions that collectively define a substantially enclosed cooking chamber between the top and bottom portions for cooking food on a cooking grill grate, the accessory comprising: an insert having a cylindrical sidewall having top and bottom edges adapted to be disposed between and mate with the top and bottom portions of the cooking grill to increase a height of the cooking chamber, the insert having open ends at each of the top and bottom ends, and defining an open window positioned to provide access to a portion of the cooking chamber above a cooking grill grate, the accessory not being provided with a cover or door for covering the window; wherein the insert has a horizontal cross-section substantially equal in size and shape to a horizontal cross section of the cooking grill at a juncture where the top portion and the bottom portion of the cooking grill mate so as to increase the height of the cooking chamber without substantially decreasing the horizontal cross section of the cooking chamber and to mate with the bottom and top portions of the cooking grill to maintain the cooking chamber as a substantially enclosed space, except for the window, when disposed between the top and bottom portions of the cooking grill.