Patent ID: 8230848

Claim:
A grill apparatus, comprising: a cooking chamber having an outer wall; the outer wall having a door disposed on a side surface; a grill surface having a first circumference and disposed at a top of the cooking chamber; the outer wall having a plurality of vents disposed circumferentially around the outer wall above the door and below the grill surface with a sliding baffle for controlling the size of the plurality of vents, such that the temperature near the grill surface may be controlled by the sliding baffle; a column disposed beneath the grill surface within the outer wall of the cooking chamber, the column having an open top portion with a second circumference less than the first circumference, the column further having an interior for holding a heat source on a base thereof and for providing directional heatflow from the heat source toward the open top portion and the grill surface; a conical drip pan disposed above the column and below the grill surface within the cooking chamber, the conical drip pan having an opening in a bottom surface thereof and disposed over the open top portion of the column, the conical drip pan for collecting drippings from the grill surface and directing the drippings into the top portion of the cylindrical column; a smoking chamber attachment mounted to a side wall of the cylindrical column and disposed beneath the grill surface and entirely within the outer wall, the smoking chamber attachment having a chamber for smoldering a substance using only heat from the heat source in order to generate smoke; and a tube extending from the smoking chamber attachment through the side wall into the interior of the column, the tube for directing smoke generated within the chamber to the interior of the column, thereby flavoring a food placed on the grill surface using the smoke, wherein the column is removable from the cooking chamber via the door.