Patent ID: 9179799
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A23B,A47J,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A smoker apparatus comprising: a) a smoker cabinet having upper and lower end portions, the cabinet having a top, a bottom and one or more side walls, a cabinet interior, a main, upper opening below the top and a lower container access opening that is below the main, upper opening; b) a plurality of vertically spaced apart shelves mounted within the cabinet interior below the top; c) a cabinet door panel below the top that enables access to the shelves, the cabinet door panel being attached to a side wall and movable between an open position that enables access to the shelves via the upper opening and a closed position that closes the upper opening; d) a heat source that is positioned next to the lower end portion of the cabinet and below the shelves; e) a pair of containers mounted within the cabinet, said containers both positioned in between the shelves and the heat source; f) one of the containers being a water container for containing water; g) the other of the containers being a wood chips container for containing wood chips, wherein the wood chips container is positioned in between the water container and the heat source, and wherein the lower container access opening extends above and below said pair of containers; h) supports below the shelves that support the containers, said supports positioned generally in between the heat source and the shelves; i) the lower container access opening covered by a movable access panel, the movable access panel being movable between open and closed positions and the movable access panel providing access to both said containers in the open position; and j) wherein, when the cabinet door panel is closed, the lower container access opening is sized and shaped to enable both containers to be removed from the cabinet through the lower container access opening.