Patent ID: 7066169

Claim:
A grilling surface for a gas grill for providing flame control and grease diversion, and for placement in a cooking grill having a source of cooking heat, said surface providing for dissemination of the generated grease and to disburse heat to the food being cooked, said surface further providing control of flame-up produced by the grease drippings from any food being cooked, said surface comprising: a plurality of interconnected hollow elements, an upper edge of each said interconnected hollow elements defining an opening into each said hollow element and a lower edge of each said hollow element defining an opening out of said hollow element, said plurality of interconnected hollow elements positioned between the food being cooked and the heat source so as to disseminate any generated grease and to spread the developed heat across the plurality of interconnected hollow elements while allowing the heat to pass through the openings of said hollow elements for access to the food being cooked, each said hollow element has an inverted pyramid configuration, each said pyramid configured hollow element comprising four inwardly depending interconnected walls, each of said four walls defining a downwardly and inwardly directed channel to a point where it interconnects with an adjacent wall, each said channel dispose to quickly move any accumulated grease within the hollow element downwardly onto the heat source, said plurality of hollow elements providing a uniform disbursal of the grease produced by the food being cooked onto the heat source, the upper edges of said plurality of interconnected hollow elements together forming a cooking surface for the placement of any food, wherein the cooking surface formed of the interconnected hollow elements forming a plurality of downward vent holes each of which disburses its accumulated grease selectively onto the heat source during cooking of any food product; and said grilling surface further including a grease diverter, said grease diverter for use beneath the said grilling surface, said grease diverter having a first rectangular panel being substantially flat and having a plurality of openings formed therein, a second rectangular panel being substantially flat and having a plurality of openings formed therein, said first and second panels angled downwardly from a mid point between said first and second panels, said downwardly angled panels positioned between the food and the grilling surface and the cooking heat source to disseminate a substantial quantity of grease produced by the food evenly into heat away from the heat source.