Patent ID: 7798139

Claim:
A modular portable grill comprising: an enclosure defining a cooking chamber, the enclosure including first pair of opposed sides and a second pair of opposed sides defined generally perpendicular to the first pair of opposed sides; a cooking surface operably connected to the enclosure; a heating system operably connected to the enclosure, wherein the heating system includes a plurality of burner elements each having a corresponding flame sensor and electronic igniter, and wherein the plurality of burner elements are operative to heat the cooking chamber; a monitoring system operably connected to the cooking chamber; at least two perforated corrugated plates located between the heating system and the cooking surface, each of the perforated corrugated plates having a length extending between either the first pair of opposed sides or the second pair of opposed sides, and perforations defined along the length of the plates; a controller operably connected to the heating system and the monitoring system, wherein the controller divides the cooking chamber into individual heating zones for zone temperature monitoring and control, and further comprising a plurality of temperature sensors, wherein each temperature sensors measures a temperature within a respective heating zone and provides temperature feedback for a respective heating zone to the controller, and wherein the controller causes a display to display the zone temperatures for one or more of the heating zones; and a user interface operably engaged with the controller, wherein the user interface allows a user to set and adjust a desired temperature for each of the heating zones.