Patent ID: 8919335

Claim:
A portable cooking apparatus comprising: a plurality of panels temporarily coupled to each other, wherein: each panel includes a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge, at least two of the plurality of panels each include a plurality of slits, and each slit of the plurality of slits extends from the top edge of a corresponding panel of the plurality of panels toward a bottom edge thereof; and a plurality of rods removably extending between two panels of the plurality of panels, each rod of the plurality of rods being inserted into a first slit of the plurality of slits formed in one of the two panels and a second slit of the plurality of slits formed in another of the two panels, each of the plurality of rods is a flat, planar slat having at least one tapered end and includes two notches along its length, and the two notches are spaced apart from each other to correspond to a distance between the first slit and the second slit when the plurality of panels are coupled to each other; wherein: at least one tapered end tapers to terminate in a point at an outermost extremity of the at least one tapered end, the at least one rod defines a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge, and a projection near the tapered end extending beyond the first longitudinal edge, and the tapering of the tapered end is continuous and linear from the point to an extremity of the projection opposite the point.