Patent ID: 9545173
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A23B,A46B,A47J,A47L,B08B,Y02A

Claim:
1. A dual purpose, single use device for a grilling surface overlying a heat source for cleaning the grilling surface and thereafter producing a flavor enhancing smoke device, said device comprising a sheet of a wood, said sheet of wood being between about 1/32 and 5/16 inches in thickness and between about 1″ and about 4″ in width, said sheet of wood having a plurality of fingers formed unitarily therewith by parallel slots that extend longitudinally from one edge thereof a distance between about 1″ and about 5″, and said sheet of wood (a) having the capacity to provide a flavor enhancing smoke when slowly combusted, and (b) having the capacity to absorbing sufficient water to (i) resist breakage when used to clean the grilling surface and (ii) to reduce the combustibility of the device sufficiently to provide a flavor enhancing smoke during the grilling process, whereby the device after absorbing water may be used (a) to clean debris from the grilling surface, and (b) deposited on the heat source to provide a flavor enhancing smoke.