Patent ID: 7878186

Claim:
An outdoor cooker comprising: an outdoor cooker body; a lid having a weight and being pivotally attached to the outdoor cooker body via a pivot bar; the weight of the lid corresponding to a weight torque on the lid about a pivot axis; a biasing device operably coupled between the outdoor cooker body and the lid to bias the lid away from a closed position; the biasing device corresponding to a biasing torque on the lid about the pivot axis that reduces an overall torque on the lid resulting from the weight of the lid at the closed position; a rotational friction, neutral stop braking device operable to resist lid movement about the pivot axis; the rotational friction, neutral stop braking device having a static friction greater than the biasing torque plus the weight torque such that the lid stays stationary at a plurality of partially open positions; wherein the frictional device includes at least one compression spring mounted about the pivot bar, and being compressed along the pivot axis to bias a first surface into friction contact with a second surface; wherein a pre-load of compression spring is adjustable via a spring adjuster that is attached by threads; and a pre-load of the at least one compression spring being changed by moving the spring adjuster toward or away from the at least one compression spring by rotation on the threads.