Patent ID: 7681493

Claim:
A smoking device for providing heated air and smoke to a cooking chamber of a cooking vessel comprising: a container including a bottom wall and a sidewall extending upward from the bottom wall to form a cavity defining a burning chamber in the container for burning a smoke creating material, the bottom wall including a grate portion for allowing ash created from burning the smoke creating material to fall out of the cavity; a feed chute positioned above the burning chamber having a first opening for gravity feeding the smoke creating material into the burning chamber of the container wherein smoke creating material in the feed chute is continuously fed into the burning chamber as ash leaves the burning chamber through the grate, and a second opening for providing access to the feed chute for supplying smoke creating material to the feed chute; an adjustable damper positioned above the burning chamber of the container, the adjustable damper configured to control the flow of smoke from burning of the smoke creating material out of the burning chamber; an upper chamber positioned above the burning chamber for receiving smoke from the burning chamber through the damper, the upper chamber configured to transfer smoke to the cooking vessel, wherein the upper chamber surrounds at least a portion of the feed chute.