Patent ID: 8556310

Claim:
A grill hook device for lifting a cooking surface grate from a charcoal grill or grill pit, the cooking surface grate having a plurality of cross bars, the cross bars having a top surface and a bottom surface, the grill hook device comprising: a center shaft having a first end and a second end; a handle mounted to the first end of the center shaft; an anchor member extending from the center shaft between the first end and the second end of the center shaft, the anchor member having an anchor shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end of the anchor shaft attached to the center shaft and an anchor unit mounted to the second end of the anchor shaft, the anchor unit having a substantially inverted “U” shape with a bent portion formed at each end of the anchor unit, each bent portion being angled in a general downward direction; and hook means formed at the second end of the center shaft for receiving at least one of the cross bars for the cooking surface grate; wherein upon positioning at least one of the cross bars within the hook means, the hook means contacting the bottom surface of the at least one cross bar, and the anchor member against the top surface of the cross bars, the cooking surface grate is liftable from the grill.