Patent ID: 9107535
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A barbecue accessory for use with a gas barbecue firebox having a bottom wall, peripheral walls projecting upward from the bottom wall around a perimeter thereof to delimit an interior of the firebox that has a length dimension and a width dimension that is perpendicular to said length direction, a stationary cooking grill supported on the peripheral walls of the firebox in a static position residing over the bottom wall at a height spaced thereabove within the interior of the firebox for acceptance of food atop said grill, and one or more gas burner tubes mounted in the interior of the firebox above the bottom wall and beneath the grill for heating of said food received atop said cooking grill, the accessory comprising: a series of longitudinal members of heat absorbing material arranged side by side and each having a longitudinal dimension sized to fit within the interior of the firebox below the cooking grill and above the one or more gas burner tubes in an orientation extending along a first one of the length and width dimensions of the firebox; and a drive system arranged for mounting on the firebox in a position beneath the cooking grill and above the one or more gas burner tubes within the interior of the firebox, and arranged for engagement with the series of longitudinal members in a manner operable to drive displacement of said series of longitudinal members in each of two opposing directions along a second one of the length and width dimensions of the firebox such that the position of the longitudinal members beneath the cooking grill and above the one or more gas burners catches drippings from the cooking grill to prevent flare-ups at the one or more gas burners, and conveyance of the longitudinal members by the drive system moves the bars over the one or more gas burners to collect heat therefrom, and displaces the one or more gas burners from over the gas burners to distribute heat throughout the interior of the firebox.