Patent ID: 8677891

Claim:
A compact charcoal-fired cooking oven that is convertible for rotisserie cooking or for grill cooking, comprising a main cooker body having a bottom, a back wall, a front wall, and left and right side walls; a lid hinged to the upper edge of the back wall of said main cooker body; rotisserie spit receptacles formed at front portions of top edges of the side walls of the main body; a rotisserie spit having first and second ends adapted to seat removably in said spit receptacles, a meat-carrying portion extending between said first and said second end portions, and a rotisserie drive positioned on one side wall of the main body for rotating said rotisserie spit; a cooking grill dimensioned to fit removably onto top edges of the front, rear, and side walls of said main cooker body; a charcoal fire basket disposed at the bottom of said main body and including a pivot portion disposed at a lower rear portion of said main body, such that said fire basket can be rotated between a lowered grilling position in which the fire basket is disposed generally horizontally extending over said bottom between said back and front walls; and a raised rotisserie position in which the fire basket is disposed substantially upright near said back wall, wherein said fire basket includes a floor portion, an open top, and an end wall disposed facing the back wall of said main body, with said pivot portion of the fire basket being located beneath said floor portion adjacent said end wall, and side walls rising from left and right edges of said floor portion, wherein said floor portion, said end wall, and said side walls are formed of a perforated steel, each in the form of bars with spaces between the bars, such that in its lowered position said open top is beneath said grille and in said raised rotisserie position said open top faces said back wall and said perforated floor portion is disposed facing said rotisserie spit on a horizontal plane, wherein the rear wall of said fire basket has an upper lip that is directed forward, and a front lip bending upward at the end remote from said end wall; and a transverse pivot rod affixed to said pivot portion of the fire basket, penetrating at least one of said side walls, and extending outside the main body to effectuate rotating of the fire basket between its lowered grilling position and its raised rotisserie position; such that in the rotisserie position the rotisserie spit is disposed in a horizontal plane on level with the raised fire basket, wherein said pivot rod is journaled in one of said side walls, and has a handle outside said one of said side walls to permit a user to rotate the fire basket between its lowered and its raised positions.