Abstract: An accessory for a barbecue includes a plurality of frames which are arranged in vertically spaced apart relationship and form an array having an outer perimeter and a central cavity. The array is placed on the solid fuel support of the barbecue, and solid fuel such as charcoal is placed around the outer perimeter of the array. The accessory has a base upon which a container is placed to collect juices from the cooking food.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a pellet stove includes a firepot assembly with a bottom plate slideable along rails to move between a closed position during combustion in the firepot and an open position during ash removal. According to other embodiments, a firebox or combustion enclosure includes a plurality of airfoils formed on the inner and outer surfaces of the enclosure to facilitate heat exchange between exhaust gases flowing across the inner surface of the enclosure and air blown across the outer surface of the enclosure. According to some embodiments, the airfoils and enclosure are of integral unibody construction. According to yet other embodiments, a user sets parameters via a wall control unit, and a stove control unit receives the parameters and automatically controls fuel feed rate, ignition, convection blower, combustion blower, and/or firepot cleaning based on the one or more parameters.

Abstract: An improved burnpot assembly for a stove which allows clinker to be removed from the burnpot while simultaneously maintaining combustion includes a burnpot holder having an immovable floor, a burnpot movably supported on the burnpot holder, the burnpot including a front wall and an opposite back wall. The burnpot is movable with respect to the floor between a normal fuel burning position in which the walls of the burnpot and the immovable floor define a burnpot for combustion and a clinker removal position in which the burnpot is disposed laterally adjacent the immovable floor to allow clinker to drop from between the walls of the burnpot, such as into a clinker collection pan near the bottom of the stove.