Patent Publication Number: US-2021189272-A1

Title: Combustible Cooking Brick and Cover Device Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to cooking devices and more particularly pertains to a new cooking device for controlled and mess-free grilling. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to cooking devices and artificial logs. Existing artificial logs and fire starters are intended for use in fireplaces and firepits for warmth and not for use with a cooking grill. Such prior art is typically not dimensioned to fit within a grill and is not capable of being extinguished and reused. Furthermore, much of the prior art includes material such as paraffin and sawdust not fit for cooking food for human consumption. Existing charcoal briquettes typically used for grilling are messy and cannot be extinguished and reused. They may also be difficult to light and create temperature control problems within the grill for inexperienced cooks. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a combustible cooking brick and a cover device. The combustible cooking brick comprises at least 75% crushed charcoal and at least 2% lighter fluid by weight. The brick is rectangular prismatic and proportioned to fit within a standard barbeque grill. A cover device comprises a lid body having an upper face and a sidewall extending outward and downward from a perimeter of the upper face. The sidewall and the upper face define a lid interior dimensioned to contain the combustible cooking brick. A handle is coupled to the lid body and a lip is coupled to the lid body. The lip horizontally extends from a lower edge of the sidewall. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a combustible cooking brick and cover device assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a detail view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a bottom plan view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new cooking device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the combustible cooking brick and cover device assembly  10  generally comprises a combustible cooking brick  12  and a cover device  13 . The combustible cooking brick  12  comprises 75-88% crushed charcoal  14 , 10-20% woodchips  16 , and at least 2% lighter fluid  18  by weight. The lighter fluid  18  makes the brick  12  easy to ignite and to burn continuously and evenly. The woodchips  16  may be, but are not limited to, apple, hickory, maple, birch, mesquite and the like to add flavor. The brick  12  is rectangular prismatic and proportioned to fit within a standard barbeque grill. The combustible cooking brick  12  has a height  20 , a width  22 , and a length  24  that may be proportioned in a ratio of 3:5:7 to produce various sizes of bricks  12 . 
     The cover device  13  comprises a lid body  26  having an upper face  28  and a sidewall  30  extending outward and downward from a perimeter  32  of the upper face. The sidewall  30  and the upper face  28  define a lid interior  34  dimensioned to contain the combustible cooking brick  12 . The upper face  28  may be rectangular and planar to minimize the required size to cover the brick  12 . The sidewall  30  may be curved concave relative the lid interior  34  to create space around the brick  12 . The sidewall  30  may comprise a front portion  36 , a back portion  38 , a left portion  40 , and a right portion  42 . A handle  44  is coupled to the lid body  26  to allow the user to cover and remove the cover device from the brick  12 . The handle  44  may have a pair of tongues  46  to increase the surface area to contact the upper face  28  of the lid body. The handle  44  is a material with low thermal conductivity to prevent the user from being burned. 
     An adjustable vent  48  is coupled to the lid body  26  through the front portion  36  to allow a variable amount of airflow through to the lid interior  34 . When the vent  48  is closed the lid body  26  is used to extinguish the brick  12  by cutting off oxygen. The vent  48  may be opened to control the burn rate and temperature of the brick  12 . The vent  48  may have a circular mount  50  recessed within the front portion  36  and a vent cover  52  pivotably coupled to the mount  50 . The mount  50  has a pair of vent apertures  54  extending through to the lid interior  34 . The vent cover  52  has a pair of wings  56  extending from a central pivot  58 . The pair of wings  56  conform to a shape of the pair of vent apertures  54  to fully cover the vent apertures  54  in the closed position. By rotating the vent cover  52  the wings  56  gradually expose the vent apertures  54  until they are fully exposed. Each vent aperture  54  may be sector-shaped. A lip  59  is coupled to the lid body  26 . The lip  59  horizontally extends from a lower edge  60  of the sidewall to create a larger surface area to support the lid body  26 . 
     In use, the block  12  is ignited and placed in a barbeque. The cover device  13  may be placed over the block  12  to control the burn rate and temperature. When done cooking, the cover device  13  is placed over the block  12  with the vent  48  in the closed position to extinguish the block to be saved for later use. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.