Patent ID: 8752539

Claim:
A barbecue having a grill grate ( 10 ) and a coal surface ( 12 ), which barbecue can be brought into a usage state and a transport state, wherein the barbecue comprises no more than two u-shaped housing parts ( 14 , 15 ) with heat exchange openings ( 18 ) located thereon, a coal surface ( 12 ) and a grill grate ( 10 ), wherein said housing parts ( 14 , 15 ) are connected to said coal surface ( 12 ) by swivel joints ( 19 ) which allow the housing parts to rotate downwardly toward the coal surface, and in the usage state the housing parts have a different position relative to the coal surface ( 12 ) than in the transport state, wherein in the usage state, said housing parts ( 14 , 15 ) hold the grill grate ( 10 ) above the coal surface ( 12 ), and extend below the coal surface ( 12 ) to contact a standing surface and to hold the coal surface ( 12 ) at a distance from the standing surface, and wherein in the transport state said housing parts ( 14 , 15 ) form with the coal surface ( 12 ) a transport bay, wherein a heat shield ( 17 ) is provided having legs extending therefrom to hold the grill on the standing surface, which in the usage state shields the coal surface ( 12 ) against the ground, wherein the heat shield ( 17 ) in the transport state rests flat on a surface of the barbecue, wherein the heat shield ( 17 ) in the transport state forms a plane outer face of the barbecue.