Patent ID: 7237547

Claim:
An outdoor cooking apparatus, comprising: a) a burner frame that includes a base having a portion that engages an underlying support surface during use, an upper grate that receives a pot during use, the upper grate having a cooking surface that enables a pot to be supported by the frame upon said cooking surface; b) the frame including a plurality of legs that extend between the base and the grate; c) a burner nozzle support element that is attached to the frame, the support element carrying a burner nozzle and there being a vertical clearance distance between the base and the burner nozzle support element; d) a pot having an interior, a circular bottom, a generally cylindrically shaped sidewall, a generally circular open top surrounded by a pot rim, a diameter and a height that is greater than the said vertical clearance distance; e) the pot being sized and shaped to fit in an upright position inside the frame for shipment or storage and defining with the frame a storage position, wherein the legs extend around the pot and the burner nozzle support element is positioned at least in part within the pot interior, below the pot rim.