Patent Publication Number: US-9416976-B1

Title: Asador tool

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention relates to an asador tool. In particular, the invention relates to asador tools that are designed to allow for easier manipulation of the fuel of a fire. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Asador is a Spanish noun used to describe a professional who cooks with natural hardwood and fire; usually a fire on the ground. In North America, this type of person would be considered a ‘grillmaster’ or ‘pitmaster’, although they typically use charcoal or lump wood coal. The asador tool is the workhorse of the Asador and his ground fire. Most people will informally refer to it as a poker. It is the most misunderstood and unappreciated piece of equipment because there has never been a commercially designed tool as the present invention built for the Asador to use for his culinary ground fire. Most people believe that a poker has only one use: to “poke” at burning wood. Give the average person a poker and tell them to “man the fire” and they will poke at the fire all night. However, give it to an experienced Asador and you will be impressed as he employs it with skill and knowledge. Below are the six detailed uses of the Asador poker. 
     Use #1: The Creation of Airflow. The Asador needs a balance of oxygen, heat and fuel in order for his fire to burn to its fullest potential. This is where the asador tool proves its worth. As wood burns, it naturally “settles,” or collapses towards the base of the fire. When this happens, it is common for two or more pieces of wood to “fall” in parallel, basically side by side or on top of each other, thus minimizing oxygen flow to as much as 30% of its surface space. Moreover, when the wood settles and lays flat on top of the coals beneath it, the wood surface in contact with coals is starved of oxygen and drops in temperature. This is not as big a concern when using irregular-shaped wood that will not lay flat. However, it is a big deal when using split wood that has two to three flat sides. An Asador instinctively knows this and uses his poker to reposition the wood and create airflow so the wood is not laying in parallel contact with each other, nor directly on top of the coal base. 
     Use #2: The Initial Reorganization of the Fire. The initial shape of a cooking fire is not properly organized for cooking. When discussing the cooking fire, the “front side” of the fire is the closest to the actual food preparation area on the periphery of the fire, which is where some of the coals to support the cooking process will be harvested. The “back side” of the fire is on the opposite of the “front side” and is where additional wood is added for fuel. Using the present invention, the Asador can more efficiently physically separate the burning wood from the coals and establish the “front side” and the “back side” of a fire making the fire ready for cooking. 
     Use #3: Dislodging Glowing Embers. When fire consumes wood, its exterior, the surface exposed to the fire, eventually turns into embers that glow bright red while still attached to the surface of the wood. These attached embers essentially starve the fresh wood fuel that is beneath it, thus stagnating the fire. Sometimes, especially with smaller pieces of wood, these embers naturally release from the wood and fall into the fire. When this happens, fresh fuel in the form of wood is exposed to the fire and burns hot. Sometimes, embers that form on bigger pieces of wood need to be dislodged from the wood and the present invention is designed to do this. 
     Use #4: Promote the Even Burning of Wood. The most intense, hottest part of any fire is its center, which is sometimes referred to as the core. When wood is added to the fire, the pieces closest to the center are consumed faster than those along the peripheral of the fire. The asador tool should be ideally designed to reposition the wood around in order to promote even consumption. 
     Use #5: Make Way for New Wood. When a fire is built, it is only a matter of time before the original pieces of wood fuel are consumed and no longer produce heat. The Asador&#39;s job is to ensure the fire has a continuous supply of fuel by adding more wood. In most cases, he can lay wood on the fire without rearranging it. However, sometimes he has to move a couple pieces of wood around in order to make way for bigger pieces. 
     Use #6: Reposition Wood in Order to Safely Harvest Coals. The last use for the asador tool is to reposition the wood, so that using a shovel the Asador can harvest the coals. After reorganizing the fire, the Asador usually harvests the coals from the front side of the fire. However, when the front side&#39;s supply has been depleted, the Asador needs to move the wood around on the back side of the fire so that he can use the shovel to harvest more coal. 
     Most fire pokers generally fall into two categories: manufactured and improvised. Ironically, poker designs have changed very little over the last couple hundred years. They&#39;re basically heavy metal rods approximately 30-36 inches (76-92 centimeters) in length with blunt tips and a stubby hook off to one side. Over the years, numerous designs have been manufactured and/or improvised from existing designs with varying degrees of frustration. There are two issues with using the traditional poker design for the Asador&#39;s ground fire. First, most are designed for use in the indoor fireplace and are too short for the outdoor ground fire. As a result, they don&#39;t provide enough “stand off” from the intense heat of a mature ground fire, and you can get burned. The length is acceptable for a weak burning waist-level live-fire, but is insufficient for many applications. Second, the traditional design does not safely satisfy the above six requirements, specifically when it comes to moving wood around. Even the fireman&#39;s pike is inadequate. It&#39;s a longer version of a poker [usually 6 feet (1.8 meters)] designed to check the structural integrity of a roof to a burning house before a fireman walks on it. Although its length makes it more desirable than a traditional fireplace poker, its unwieldy size makes it inefficient for the Asador&#39;s use. The second category, the improvised poker, is exactly as it sounds, anything that can be used to poke at the fire. This can be a stick, a metal pipe or a garden hoe. Obviously, an improvised poker is better than using your hands but, like the traditional design, it&#39;s at best an undesirable substitute. The present invention satisfies the above six requirements and provides a device ideally suited for the Asador. 
     A fire poker (also known as a “stoker”) is a short, rigid rod, preferably of fireproof material, used to adjust coals and/or wood fuel, burning in a fireplace or a fire pit. It is often metallic and sometimes has a point at one end for pushing burning materials (or a hook for pulling/raking, or a combination thereof) and a poker handle at the opposite end. An example of a fire poker as found in the prior art can be seen in U.S. Pat. No. 7,131,675 This fire poker has a hook portion attached at one end of a shaft, with a handle at the opposing end. This poker has a straight segment that extends past the hook portion by about one inch, this distance is not significant enough to allow for the straight segment to be utilized for stoking a fire without having the hook portion interfere with the process and the hook will not provide for delicate displacement of material (e.g. logs) used to fuel the fire often allowing the wood to slip or turn on the hook. U.S. Pat. No. 8,162,361 illustrates a fireplace poker that has an elongate shaft with a hook member disposed near the very end of the shaft. At the opposing end, there is a loop member. The shaft has a bend located between the loop hand grip and the pointed end of the shaft. The hook member may provide less efficiency when manipulating the delicate displacement of material (e.g. logs) used to fuel the fire. Materials may easily spin and slip off the hook. Additionally, the loop shaped hand grip and the bend in the shaft may make the positioning of materials difficult in the direction of the pointed end of the poker. U.S. Design Pat. No. 267,999 illustrates a fire poker that has an elongate shaft. One end of the shaft has what appears to be a wooden handle attached thereto. The opposing end of the shaft is curled around to form a hook member. At the same end of the shaft, but on the side opposing the hook member, another hook member extends from the shaft in a direction opposing the first hook member. U.S. Design Pat. No. 248,209 shows poker having an elongate shaft with a wooden grip one end and a single hooking and pushing member on the opposing end. Materials being pushed or pulled can spin and slide off of the pokers in U.S. Design Pat. Nos. 267,999 and 248,209. This makes it difficult to place materials on the fire. Additionally, none of the prior art patents provide a means to scrape the burning material surface to expose new fuel to the fire or do the prior art patents provide an effective means to push and pull the materials, such as logs, reducing the likelihood that the log or other material will turn and slip before the material&#39;s desired position in the fire is obtained. Finally, none of the prior art patents provide a means to physically “spear” and penetrate the wood so that the heaviest of logs can be safely picked up and strategically placed on any part of the fire in a controlled manner, instead the prior art patents appear to rely on instruments having a more “blunted” end to probe the fire. The prior art patents are for designs that solely manipulate a fire of an indoor fireplace, and they are not for devices that are very useful to the Asador as he manipulates an outdoor ground fire. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide an asador tool which addresses the deficiencies as found in the prior art. 
     An asador tool is provided comprising: a generally elongated shaft having a rear end and a tip point, a handle adapted to co-operate with the shaft using a collar attached to the rear end of the shaft and facilitate the manipulation and control thereof; the handle being disposed in the general vicinity of the collar that is attached to the rear end of the shaft; a structure which is adapted, shaped and dimensioned so as to facilitate the control and maintenance of the fire and selected arrangement of components thereof, the structure being adapted which is comprised of an elongated shaft having a tip portion and a rear portion. The shaft rear portion has a cross section that is constant from a rear end to the beginning of the tip portion and the tip portion narrows from the uniform cross section of the rear portion to a tip point. The tip is designed to penetrate a few millimeters into wood (in a spear-like motion) so it can be strategically moved exactly where the Asador desires and to bust up partially consumed burning wood pieces so the under-consumed ends can be returned to the center of the fire. Holding the shaft horizontally, a horizontal plane running through a longitudinal axis that runs from the shaft rear end to the tip point divides the shaft surface into a shaft top surface and a shaft bottom surface. The shaft is designed to add heft to the tool so when the Asador uses it in a spear-like motion, it has the energy to bust up and penetrate burning wood. A collar may be attached to the rear portion of the shaft and a handle connected to the collar extending the length of the asador tool. A top front push fork with a plurality of top front push points, an ember scraper with a top saw tooth edge, a first leg and a second leg each having a bottom front push point and a rear pull point may be attached to the shaft. The front top push points are designed to maneuver under and push burning wood forward to create airflow, which oxygenates and intensifies the fire. In addition to pushing the burning wood forward to create airflow, the bottom push points give the Asador the capability to position the wood, especially surface wood, exactly where the Asador desires. The rear pull points are designed to pull burning wood to the rear to create airflow and give an additional capability to position the wood. The ember scraper is designed to scrape hot embers from the surface of burning wood to expose the fire to new fuel. The front top push points, the rear pull points and the bottom front push points having the angled “V” shape allowing effective contact with the material being manipulated. 
     In addition to the top saw tooth edge, the ember scraper has a fork aperture, a shaft aperture and a first mount key and a second mount key. The shaft is inserted through the shaft aperture in the ember scraper and the ember scraper positioned on the shaft rear portion just to rear of the shaft tip portion. The first and second mount keys are designed to cooperate with a first leg key and a second leg key, respectively, allowing the first leg and the second leg to be easily positioned and attached to the shaft. The top front push fork has a handle on one end and a fork portion with the top front push points on an other end. The fork aperture of the ember scraper is sized to receive the handle portion of the top front push fork. The top front push fork is mounted to the shaft by inserting the handle portion through the fork aperture of the ember scraper so that the top push points are positioned forward and up, and the fork portion is adjacent to an ember scraper front face. A rear weld edge of the handle portion may be welded to the shaft securing the top front push fork to the shaft. Preferably, the cross section of the shaft rear portion of the asador tool is circular but could also be a square, a rectangular, a triangular, or an elliptical cross section with the front top portion narrowing to the tip point. It is also preferred that the asador tool is made of boron or round cold rolled steel. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the Drawings in which 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of the present invention 
         FIG. 2  is a side elevation view of an aspect of the present invention 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an aspect of the present invention 
         FIG. 4  is a bottom plan view of an aspect of the present invention 
         FIG. 5  is a top plan view of an aspect of the present invention 
         FIG. 6  is a left top prospective view of an ember scraper first and second scraper points 
         FIG. 7  is a right top prospective view of the ember scraper first and second scraper points 
         FIG. 8  is an elevation view of the ember scraper of the present invention 
         FIG. 9  is a side elevation view of the ember scraper of the present invention 
         FIG. 10  is an elevation view of the top front push fork of the present invention 
         FIG. 11  is a side elevation view of the top front push fork of the present invention 
         FIG. 12  is an elevation view of a second leg of the present invention 
         FIG. 13  is a leg front edge view of the second leg of the present invention 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     In describing the invention like parts are identified with the same number. Looking again at  FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 , the asador tool  10  comprises a shaft  12 , an ember scraper  18 , a top front push fork  20 , a first leg  22 , a second leg  24 , a tool handle  26 , and a collar  28 . The shaft  12  comprising a shaft rear portion  16  and a shaft tip portion  17 . The shaft  12  has a rear end  13  and a tip point  14 . The shaft rear portion  16  has a uniform cross section and the shaft  12  has a longitudinal axis  30  running from the rear end  13  to the tip point  14 . The shaft rear portion  16  is located between the rear end  13  of the shaft  12  and the shaft tip portion  17 , and the shaft tip portion  17  is located between the shaft rear portion  16  and the tip point  14 . Looking at  FIG. 2 , a side elevation view of the asador tool  10 , the shaft tip portion  17  narrows down from the shaft rear portion  16  to the tip point  14 . Looking at  FIG. 3  a frontal view of the asador tool  10 , the shaft tip portion  17  has a plurality of faces, such as first face  41 , in a predetermined tip portion configuration. The preferred predetermined tip point configuration comprises a plurality of faces, the first face  41 , a second face  42 , a third face  43 , and a fourth face  44  with the first face  41 , the second face  42 , the third face  43 , and the fourth face  44  each being generally flat and equally spaced around the longitudinal axis  30  of the shaft  12 , and each having a triangular rear face portion, such as triangular first rear portion  45   a , and each having a triangular front face portion, such as triangular first front portion  45   b , and the triangular first rear portion  45   a  and the triangular first front portion  45   b  each having the same base, such a first base  45   c ; and the triangular first front portion  45   b , the second front portion  46   b , the third front portion  47   b , and the fourth front portion  48   b  forming a pyramid shaped nose portion  49  narrowing down to the tip point  14 .  FIG. 4  is a bottom plan view of the shaft  12  showing the third face  43 .  FIG. 5  is a top plan view of the shaft  12  of the asador tool  10  showing the first face  41 . 
     As used in the specification as well as in the appended claims, the terms “about” is utilized to modify various numerical values. In this context, the term “about” should be construed to mean any value that is within 10% of the stated value. For example, if the term “about” is used to modify a value of 20°, then the value should then be interpreted as representing the range of 18° to 22°, that is, the value +/−10%. The term “somewhat” when to used to modify the terms “smaller” and “larger” means 0.5 mm smaller or larger, respectively. Looking at  FIGS. 2-5  when as used in the specification as well as in the appended claims the terms “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”, “top”, “bottom”, “front”, “forward”, “rear”, “inner”, and “outer” are referenced with the shaft  12  of the preferred embodiment 10 of the present invention having the longitudinal axis  30  positioned in a horizontal position with a horizontal axis plane running through the longitudinal axis  30  and dividing the shaft  12  into a top half having a shaft top surface  32  and a bottom half having a shaft bottom surface  34 . The shaft  12  is an elongated element. Looking again at  FIG. 1 , the term “front” is used to mean facing or toward the end of the shaft  12  with the tip point  14 . The term “forward” means in the general direction that the tip point  14  is pointing. The term “rear” means the end of the shaft  12  with the rear end  13 . Looking again at  FIG. 5 , a plan view of the shaft top surface  32 , the terms “left” and “right” describe orientations when an individual is facing the rear end  13  of the shaft  12 , and the individual is looking to the tip point  14 . Looking at  FIG. 3 , the term “inner” means a component generally facing or closer to a vertical axis plane  31 , the vertical axis plane  31  running through and along the longitudinal axis  30  and perpendicular to the horizontal axis plane, than a similar “outer” component that is facing or farther away from the vertical axis plane  31 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the ember scraper  18  has a push fork aperture  50  for the positioning of the top front push fork  20 . Looking at  FIG. 2 , the ember scraper  18  has a shaft aperture  52 , and the shaft  12  is inserted into the shaft aperture  52  so that the ember scraper  18  is mounted on the shaft rear portion  16  just to the rear of the shaft tip portion  17  and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis  30  of the shaft  12 . Looking again at  FIG. 1 , the ember scraper  18  has a plurality of scraper points, such as a first outside scraper point  38   a , a second outside scraper point  38   a , and an inner scraper point  38   c , positioned above the shaft top surface  32  and pointed away from the shaft  12 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1, 6, 7 and 8 , the ember scraper  18  may have a predetermined scraper point configuration with at least the first outside scraper point  38   a , the second outside scraper point  38   a , the inner scraper point  38   c , the push fork aperture  50 , and the shaft aperture  52 . Referring to  FIGS. 1, 6, 7 and 8 , the ember scraper  18  may be a plate, and the first outside scraper point  38   a , the second outside scraper point  38   a  and the inner scraper point  38   c  may form a top saw tooth edge  39 . The ember scraper  18  is designed to scrape hot embers from the surface of burning wood to expose the fire to new fuel. Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , and more particularly  FIGS. 8 and 9 , in the predetermined ember scraper configuration, the ember scraper  18  may have a front ember scraper face  51   a  and a rear ember scraper face  51   b , and the ember scraper  18  may comprise a scraper portion  19   a  and a mount portion  19   b  separated by a dashed divide plane  19   c . The scraper portion  19   a  extends from the mount portion  19   b , and the scraper portion  19   a  has the push fork aperture  50 , and the mount portion  19   b  has the shaft aperture  52 . Looking at  FIG. 8 , the top saw tooth edge  39  is located between a first outside scraper edge  56   a  and a second outside scraper edge  56   b . The first outside scraper edge  56   a  is parallel to the second outside scraper edge  56   b . The mount portion  19   b  has a first mount edge  59   a  and a second mount edge  59   b  with the first mount edge  59   a  located between the first outside scraper edge  56   a  and the second mount edge  59   b , and the second mount edge  59   b  located between the first mount edge  59   a  and the second outside scraper edge  56   b . The mount portion  19   b  portion also has a first mount key  60   a  and a second mount key  60   b  sized to insert the first leg  22  and the second leg  24 , respectively. The push fork aperture  50  is centered between the first outside scraper edge  56   a  and the second outside scraper edge  56   b  and the push fork aperture  50  is sized and located so that the top front push fork  20  may be inserted in the push fork aperture  50  and the top front push fork  20  may have a predetermined fork angle  71   c  between 15 and 70 degrees, preferably 40 degrees, with the shaft top surface  32  when the ember scraper  18  is mounted to the shaft  12 . 
     Looking at  FIGS. 3, 6 and 7 , the first outside scraper point  38   a  may be formed by a triangular first prism  61   a  and a triangular second prism  61   b  placed back to back. Similarly the second outside scraper point  38   a  may be formed. The triangular first prism  61   a  and a triangular second prism  61   b  may have the same apex angle  87 . The triangular first prism  61   a  and the triangular second prism  61   b  have a right triangular first base  63   a  and a right triangular second base  63   b , respectively. The triangular first prism  61   a  has an exposed first face  89   b  and the triangular second prism  61   b  has an exposed second face  89   c  with the exposed first face  89   b  and the exposed second face  89   c  intersecting to form the first outside scraper point  38   a . Inner scraper point  38   c  may be formed by placing two prisms, similar to the triangular second prism  61   b , back to back so that exposed faces, such as exposed second face  89   c , intersect to form the inner scraper point  38   c . The base of the right triangular first base  63   a  is half the base of the right triangular second base  63   b , preferably 0.3 cm. The scraper portion  19   a  having a push fork aperture  50  is sized to pass through a fork handle portion  72  of the top front push fork  20 . 
     Looking at  FIGS. 10 and 11 , the top front push fork  20  may have a predetermined top front push fork configuration. The predetermined push fork configuration for the top front push fork  20  may be a plate having a top front push fork first face  71   a  parallel and aligned to a top front push fork second face  71   b , with the top front push fork first face  71   a  and the top front push fork second face  71   b  shaped like a fork, the top front push fork  20  comprised of a fork handle portion  72  and a fork upper portion  74 . The fork handle portion  72  is generally rectangular and is located on the rear of the top front push fork  20 , and has a fork handle weld edge  75   b  located between a fork handle first outside edge  75   a  and a fork handle second outside edge  75   c . The fork upper portion  74  has a fork first corner  78   b  located between a fork first rear edge  78   a  and a fork first outside edge  78   c ; the fork first rear edge  78   a  is located between the fork first corner  78   b  and the fork handle first outside edge  75   a . The fork upper portion  74  has a plurality of tines, such as a first tine  76   b , with the first tine  76   b  extending up and forward to the left of a fork front edge  78   d ; the first tine  76   b  having a rectangular first tine base portion  73   a  with a first tine outer edge  79   a  and a first tine inner edge  79   d , and a first tine push portion  73   b  that is a triangular prism, said first tine push portion  73   b  having a first tine outer face  79   b  and a first tine inner face  79   c  intersecting to form a first top front push point  21 , said first tine outer face  79   b  located between the first tine inner face  79   c  and the first tine outside edge  79   a ; said first tine inner edge  79   d  located between the first tine outer face  79   c  and the fork front edge  78   d . Similarly, a second top front push point  21 , identical to the first top front push point  21 , may be formed opposite the first top front push point  21  to the right of the fork front edge  78   d . The top front push fork  20  has a fork second outside edge  78   e  located between the second tine outside edge  79   a  and a fork second corner  78   f , and the fork second corner  78   f  located between a fork second outside edge  78   e  and the fork second rear edge  78   g ; said fork handle second outside edge  75   c  located between the fork second rear edge  78   g  and the fork handle weld edge  75   b , the fork handle first outside edge  75   a  located between the fork handle weld edge  75   b  and the fork first rear edge  78   a . The first tine push portion  73   b  may be formed similar to the inner scraper point  38   c  shown in  FIGS. 6 &amp; 7 . 
     Looking again at  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the push fork aperture  50  is sized to insert the top front push fork  20  so that the fork handle weld edge  75   b  of the top front push fork  20  is touching the shaft top surface  32  and the fork upper portion  74  is adjacent to the ember scraper  18 , and looking particularly to  FIG. 2 , the top front push fork second face  71   b  has an predetermined fork angle  71   c  between 15 and 70 degrees, preferably 40 degrees with the shaft top surface  32 . Looking again to  FIG. 1 , the top front push fork  20  is attached to the shaft  12  by fork handle fastening means  87   e , fastening the fork handle weld edge  75   b  to the shaft top surface  32 , preferably the fork handle fastening means  87   e  is a weld. 
     The first leg  22  and the second leg  24  are identical to each other and are of a predetermined leg configuration. The first leg  22  and the second leg  24  each may be a plate with a leg mid portion  92   b  of constant width, providing strength in tension and compression across the constant width of the leg mid portion  92   b . For example, looking at the second leg  24  as to the predetermined leg configuration, the second leg  24  has a leg upper portion  92   a , the leg mid portion  92   b , and a leg lower portion  92   c , with the second leg  24  having a leg shaft edge  93  between a leg key  98  and a leg rear edge  95   b , the leg key  98  located between the leg shaft edge  93  and the leg front edge  95   a , and the second leg  24  having a leg bottom edge  96  between the leg rear edge  95   b  and the leg front edge  95   a ; said leg bottom edge  96  comprised of a leg bottom center edge  97   c  that is concave and located between a leg bottom front edge  97   a  and a leg bottom rear edge  97   b . The leg front edge  95   a  is connected to the leg bottom front edge  97   a  forming the bottom front push point  23 , the leg bottom rear edge  97   b  connected to the leg rear edge  95   b  forming the rear pull point  25 . The first leg  22  and the second leg  24  each have a leg key  98  in the leg upper portion  92   a , and the leg key  98  is sized to be inserted in a mount key, such as the second mount key  60   b  of the mount portion  19   b  of the ember scraper  18  shown in  FIG. 8 . The first leg  22  and the second leg  24  are each mounted such that the leg shaft edge  93  of the leg upper portion  92   a  is adjacent to the shaft bottom surface  34  of shaft rear portion  16  as shown in  FIG. 2  for the second leg  24 . Referring again to  FIG. 12 , the leg rear edge  95   b  of the leg mid portion  92   b  is generally a quarter of a circle and concave with a radius of curvature between 3 and 6 cm, preferably 4 cm. The leg rear edge  95   b  of the leg upper portion  92   a  is convex and has a radius of curvature equal to the constant width of the leg mid portion  92   b . Preferably, the leg mid portion  92   b  has a width of 2 cm. The leg front edge  95   a  of the leg mid portion  92   b  is generally a quarter of a circle and convex with a radius of curvature equal to the radius of curvature of the leg rear edge  95   b  of the leg mid portion  92   b  plus the width of the leg mid portion  92   b . The leg front edge  95   a  of the leg lower portion  92   c  is concave and tapers from the leg mid portion  92   b  having a generally uniform width to a leg bottom edge  96  that is wider. The leg rear edge  95   b  of the leg lower portion  92   c  is concave and tapers from the uniform width of the leg mid portion  92   b  to the leg bottom edge  96  that is wider than the leg mid portion  92   b . The leg bottom edge  96  measures preferably 4.6 cm from the bottom front push point  23 , the rear pull point  25 . The leg bottom front edge  97   a  and the leg bottom rear edge  97   b  each being preferably 1 cm long and inclined at a bottom angle  85  of 10 degrees from the horizontal plane and the leg bottom center edge  97   c  being concave and having a radius of curvature preferably of 5 cm. Looking at  FIG. 3  the first leg  22  and the second leg  24  are each a predetermined leg angle  31   b  from a vertical axis plane  31  running along the longitudinal axis  30  of the shaft  12 , preferably the predetermined leg angle  31   b  is 23 degrees; 
     The first leg  22  and the second leg  24  of the asador tool  10  are each attached to the shaft  12  and the mount portion  19   b  of the ember scraper  18  using the leg key  98  of each leg, such the leg key  98  of the second leg  24  shown in  FIG. 12 . For example, the second leg  24  is attached by inserting the leg key  98  into the second mount key  60   b  shown in  FIG. 8  so that the leg shaft edge  93  is adjacent to the shaft bottom surface  34  as shown in  FIG. 4  and held in place by a plurality of leg fasteners, such as a leg inner rear weld  87   a  and leg inner front weld  87   b  shown in  FIG. 4 , and a leg outer front weld  87   c  and a leg outer rear weld  87   d  shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3 , connecting the second leg  24  to the shaft rear portion  16  and the mount portion  19   b  of the ember scraper  18 . The first leg  22  is connected to the shaft  12  in a similar manner. 
     The asador tool  10  can be molded or forged out of a variety of materials to be sturdy, and should not be flammable or combustible. The preferred materials of the shaft  12 , the ember scraper  18 , the top front push fork  20 , the first leg  22 , the second leg  24  and the collar  28  are cold rolled steels. The tool handle  26  may be made of materials that do not transmit heat to the extent of making it unusable or materials that are not resistant to heat and will easily deform. Preferably the tool handle  26  is made of a hardwood, such as oak. The tool handle  26  is generally circular, and has a hemispherical distal end and a flat end. 
     It is preferable that the asador tool  10  has a smooth finish. It is contemplated that the shaft  12  of the asador tool  10  could have a circular cross section, square cross section, a rectangular cross section, a triangular cross section, or an elliptical cross section. The preferred cross section for the shaft rear portion  16  is circular with the shaft tip portion  17  narrowing form the circular cross section of the shaft rear portion  16  to a square cross section to the tip point  14 . However, any type of cross section of the asador tool  10  would fall within the scope of the present invention. Most preferably, the shaft rear portion  16  of the asador tool  10  is made from 2 cm round stock cold rolled steel. 
     In the preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in  FIG. 1 , it is envisioned that the shaft  12 , the ember scraper  18 , the top front push fork  20 , the first leg  22 , the second leg  24  and the collar  28  of the asador tool  10  be molded or forged in a single unitary construction, and the ember scraper  18 , the top front push fork  20 , the first leg  22 , the second leg  24  and the collar  28  welded to the shaft  12  reducing the likelihood of fasteners (e.g., screws, bolt, and nuts) working loose while employing the tool. 
     The overall length of the asador tool  10  may vary depending on the requirement of the user but is preferably 1.92-2.2 meters, with the tool handle  26  preferably 1.52-1.83 m long with a preferable thickness of 2.8 cm. As measured along the longitudinal axis  30 , the asador tool  10  has: a preferable length from the collar  28  to tip point  14  of 40 cm, a preferable length of the collar  28  of 12 cm, and a preferable length of the shaft  12  of 28 cm. The shaft  12  has a thickness of preferably 2 cm. A distance of 5 cm is preferred between the first top front push point  21  and the second top front push point  21 , and a length of 3 cm for the top saw tooth edge  39  is preferred. The bottom front push point  23  and the rear pull point  25  on each leg, such as the first leg  22  and the second leg  24 , are spaced from each other by a preferred distance of 4.6 cm. The bottom front push point  23  on the first leg  22  is separated from the bottom front push point  23  on the second leg  24  by a preferable distance of 7.75 cm. Looking it  FIG. 1 , the collar  28  has an upper “V” shaped surface  28   b  and a lower “V” shaped surface  28   c  on one end configured to insert the tool handle  26 , and the collar  28  tapers down to the cross section of the rear end  13  of the shaft  12 . The tool handle  26  is inserted between the upper “V” shaped surface  28   b  and a lower “V” shaped surface  28   c  and a tool handle fastening means  28   d , such as a rivet or screw, preferably a screw, secures the upper “V” shaped surface  28   b  and the lower ‘V” shaped surface  28   c  to the tool handle  26 . The other end of the collar  28  is attached to the rear end  13  of the shaft rear portion  16  by a collar fastening means  28   e , such as bolt, a screw, or a weld, preferably a weld. 
     Although preferable dimensions and locations are given for various components, such as the shaft  12 , of the asador tool  10 , any feasible dimension that allows the user to safely employ the tool and efficiently stoke the fire falls within the scope of the present invention. To this end, it is contemplated that the bottom front push point  23  of the first leg  22 , the bottom front push point  23  of the second leg  24 , the first top front push point  21  and the second top front push point  21  may be 6 to 25 cm from the tip point  14 , preferably 17.5 cm. At this distance, when the user is working the fire with the tip point  14 , the first leg  22 , the second leg  24 , the first top front push point  21 , and the second top front push point  21  will be outside of a range where they will contact the fire. 
     The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.