Patent ID: 8127757

Claim:
An outdoor oven apparatus comprising: a) a cabinet having front wall, rear wall, bottom and opposing side walls; b) the cabinet having an open top and an interior that extends below the open top; c) the cabinet having a load carrying portion defined by an upper portion of each wall; d) a firebox that is removably supported by the load carrying portion, wherein the firebox is positioned next to the cabinet upper end portion, the firebox having an open top surrounded by a peripheral portion that rests upon the load carrying portion and a concave receptacle space that extends below the peripheral portion for holding a plurality of solid fuel sources, the firebox having a firebox bottom panel positioned below the open top and side wall panels spanning between the bottom panel and peripheral portion; e) a grill panel supporting frame that attaches to the upper end portion of the cabinet and including a portion that extends above the cabinet and the firebox; f) one or more food receptive grill panels that removably attach to the grill panel supporting frame; g) wherein the cabinet has an oven section below the bottom panel of the firebox and an oven door in the front wall that is positioned below the bottom panel of the firebox and that moves between open and closed positions; h) the grill panel and oven section enabling one or more food items to be cooked simultaneously on the grill panel and in the oven section, said food items being heated simultaneously by fuel that is burning in the firebox above the firebox bottom panel; i) wherein the cabinet surrounds the firebox bottom panel and side wall panels so that heat transfer is from the firebox bottom panel and side wall panels to the oven section; and j) wherein the fire box and oven section are sized such that the oven does cook food using the firebox as the only source of heat.