Patent ID: 6761160
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A solid fuel cooking device comprising:a combustion chamber bounded by an open upper side and an open lower side and being substantially closed on four sides thereof by a retaining wall, whereby air for combustion flows into the chamber from the open lower side; a cooking surface covering the open upper side the combustion chamber; a fuel support platform disposed within the open lower side below and substantially parallel to the cooking surface; a housing spaced apart from and substantially enclosing an exterior of the retaining wall; at least one angle stiffener supporting the retaining wall on at least one side of the combustion chamber; an opening from an exterior of the housing through the retaining wall allowing access to the fuel support platform; a door moveable to cover the opening; and an air space located between said housing and said retaining wall, said air apace having a width and extending vertically from a bottom upwards to a top and being substantially open at the top and at the bottom whereby in operation air flows in at the bottom of the air space and is heated through the retaining wall by combustion on the fuel support platform and flows upwards until the heated air is vented into the upper part of the combustion chamber above the fuel support platform and exits through the cooking surface.