Patent ID: 6557545
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
An improved barbecue grill for outdoor cooking comprising:an upper cooking chamber portion; a lower fuel storage portion; and a countertop member; said upper cooking chamber portion further comprising a hollow cylindrical drum, having a planar rack portion supported horizontally therein, and having first and second end plates and a sidewall; an opening downward in said drum sidewall; an arcuate door movably hinged on the upward side of said drum, said drum being horizontally positioned and supported upon said countertop member; said countertop member being supported on said lower fuel storage portion; having an opening therethrough; said lower fuel storage portion further comprising a vertical skirt portion, having an opening upwardly and a bottom plate; a pair of doors covering an aperture in said skirt portion for accessing the interior of said skirt portion; a fuel shelf; and a sliding shelf portion for removal of ashes; said countertop portion being disposed intermediately of said drum and said skirt portions, with said opening therethrough creating a heat induction flue for transfer of heat from the fuel storage chamber to said upper cooking chamber; such that when fuel is placed on said fuel shelf within said skirt portion in said lower fuel chamber, and ignited, the heat therefrom radiates upwardly into said upward cooking chamber, causing food disposed upon said rack to be barbecued.