Abstract: A portable cook stove includes a bowl-like grate supported by a column forming a cavity for supplying air to the grate and for receiving ashes falling through the grate. The column is supported on a tray for receiving and retaining ashes removed from the cavity to reduce the likelihood of a fire from hot coals in the ashes.

Abstract: A collapsible camping range for use in a camping environment. The camping range can utilize a collapsible wall structure that facilitates portability. In addition, a multi-purpose cover to the camping range can be utilized to serve as a cover for the oven, a griddle for the cooking of food, a wash basin or basin for boiling water, and a receptacle in which the other parts of the camping range can be stowed. The camping range can be fabricated with oven walls that allow the oven chamber to be expanded for the cooking of large foods, such as for use as a pig roaster. Removable fuel containers can be utilized to facilitate the portability of the camping range as well as in a plurality of positions for heating purposes.

Abstract: A barbecue grill device includes two grill plates each are supported by a frame and the two grill plates are pivotally connected with each other so that the two grill plates are overlapped together. One of the grill plates has two flanges extending from two ends thereof and the other grill plate has two flanges extending from two ends thereof. When the second grill plate is overlapped on the first grill plate, the flanges on the first grill plate and the second grill plate are located side by side so as to reduce the total thickness of the overlapped grill plates.

Abstract: A portable, self-contained heating apparatus has a container filled with a plurality of vertically oriented, elongated combustible objects defining a plurality of passages for allowing the flow of air. The container has a first plurality of vent openings formed near the lower end of the container, and a second plurality of vent openings formed near the upper end of the container. The vent openings allow air into the container. A wax material substantially coats the elongated combustible objects without filling all of the passages or the container. First and second bands are movably disposed on the container and move between a first location over the vent openings, and a second location away from the openings. The bands control the flow of air into the container, and thus the rate at which the elongated combustible objects burn.

Abstract: A fireplace for food cooking having a planar member adapted to receive coals dispersed thereon and having two sides extending perpendicular therefrom on opposite sides thereof and a back extending perpendicular therefrom and between the two sides. A fireplace hood is supported on the two sides and the back. The fireplace hood has a duct extending upwardly therefrom. The duct is adapted to allow smoke to discharge from the hood. A baffle plate wall has its ends affixed to the two sides and a back side spaced from the back so as to define a hollow space therewith. The baffle plate wall is positioned between the planar member and the fireplace hood so as to define a combustion chamber and a cooking chamber. The hollow space has an upper opening and a lower opening. The lower opening defining an access mouth adapted to draw the coals in the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A campfire box forms an enclosure having an open top, a closed bottom floor, and inner and outer side walls extending around the periphery of the enclosure with the inner side walls being of insulating material. One or more layers of fire insulating material cover the floor. The insulating side panels and floor provide a cavity formed of fire insulating material for enclosing combustible material.

Abstract: A camp stove warming oven is designed in the form of a hollow, rectangular enclosed box having a top, bottom and four sides. One of the sides is hingedly attached to the main body portion of the oven to permit access to the interior. The bottom of the oven has apertures through it to permit hot air to rise from below the oven into the interior. Foldable legs are provided to permit placement of the oven over the top of an outdoor camp stove at a pre-established height, typically on the order of 17". This permits the camp stove to be used in its intended manner for the cooking of food. Waste heat from the stove then rises and heats the interior of the oven, which may be used as a warming oven, to keep foods warm while additional food is being cooked on the burners of the stove.

Abstract: A portable heat unit is described. The heat unit is useful as an oven, barbecue, griddle, etc. The heat unit comprises a body, a lid, a cooking support member such as a grill rack or oven plate and a brace. The body comprises a number of rectangular panels joined to form an open-ended polyhedron such as a box. The panel joints are movable, and preferably comprise piano hinges, thus rendering the body collapsible. When in use, the stand is rendered noncollapsible by installation of the brace. The brace comprises a rigid member which is placed between two panels to permit control of the burning of the fuel, heat flow, temperature and to define an opening through which the fuel and food may be conveniently accessed.

Abstract: A grill has horizontal shelves attached to its sidewalls for holding charcoal vertically along the sidewall in different compartments. Compartments are selected for cooking according to the amount of heat required and the size and configuration of the food. A mesh framework with screens attached hold the coals in position. Cooking progress is viewed through a window and a transparent dome cover. The positioning of the coals relative to the food allows cooking from all sides speed cooking. Cooking racks of various shapes accommodate all foods.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of cooking and smoking food is disclosed. The apparatus has an outer container, an inner container, and a cover for the inner container. The outer container is provided with a bottom wall which receives a smoke material such as wood chips, herbs and the like thereon and the inner container is provided with a bottom wall with smoke flow apertures therein wherein food is placed on the bottom wall of the inner container, the bottom wall of the inner container being spaced from the bottom wall of the outer container. The smoke material is ignited to provide smoke which flows up through the apertures in the bottom wall of the inner container and along with the heat being generated by the bottom wall of the outer container and the ignited material provides the smoke and cooking heat for the food. One embodiment has cylindrical telescoping containers and another pan shaped nesting container.

Abstract: A portable gas-stove which includes a housing, a burner, a C-shaped tubular gas storage container a plurality of retaining hooks, an ignition means, and a top cover. The housing is provided with a plurality of air vents, base portion with a fixing slot for receiving the ignition means and a plurality of hook holders for holding the retaining hooks in place. The retaining hooks have arcuate hook portions for hooking and fixedly holding the gas storage container in the housing. The burner is centrally mounted in the housing and is provided at one side with a gas inlet. A gas connecting tube is connected between the gas inlet of the burner and a gas outlet on the gas storage container. The gas storage container can be refilled at any time by removably connecting a small gas cylinder to the container. This enables the gas-stove to be conveniently carried for use outdoors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven structure including a set of baking cylinders, an outer barrel and an inner barrel, wherein the baking cylinders are mounted in an interior of the inner barrel; and a gas burner is mounted between the inner and outer barrels such that use the gas burning to heat the baking cylinders and bake the food which are put in the interior of the baking cylinders. It is full of practical value to keep the best taste of food by the indirect and dry ways of evenly heating.

Abstract: A cooking device suitable for barbequing food while indoors, used in conjunction with an external heat source. The cooking device comprises a water containing drip pan, a pin attached to a bottom of the drip pan and a multiblade fan rotational on the upper end of the pin. The fan rotates under the influence of convection currents generated when the external heat source is activated. A food substance placed in proximity to the upper surface of the fan is cooked by the heat generated by the external heat source, and air currents produced by the rotating fan force fumes and smoke due to the cooking of the food substance up and away from the drip pan.

Abstract: A delivery warmer comprises a catalytic combustion heat generating device, a container accommodating cooked food, and a container casing accommodating the container. In the catalytic combustion heat generating device, a fuel tank stores liquefied fuel gas. A nozzle section gasifies and injects the liquefied fuel gas. A combustion section introduces gas mixture of the gasified fuel gas and air, and causes a catalytic reaction for burning the gas mixture. An igniter ignites the gas mixture and commences the catalytic reaction. Thus, heat generated from the catalytic combustion heat device is used to warm the container accommodated in the container casing. The cooked food is kept warm and tasty for a long time.

Abstract: An all-metal, hand-portable, light-weight heating device serves as a self-contained oven, as a stove, or as a space heater. The box-like device comprises hollow sheet-metal back, side and top walls and door. A fully enclosed heater chamber beneath the oven enclosure includes a removable, slide-in top closure plate, which channels hot air to the interior of the hollow walls when used as an oven or space heater; removal of the closure plate enables use of the device as a stove. A second embodiment has a foldable stove top hinged to the side of the device. The preferred material is sheet aluminum. A portable gas bottle can be used as the fuel supply. Excess secondary air is available, induced by the operation of the gas burner. This induced flow of cool air creates a high thermal gradient between the inner and the outer heated wall surfaces, so that the outer surfaces of the device operate at a safe, non-searing temperature.

Abstract: A gas cylinder joined to a gas appliance. Based on the knowledge that a resonance frequency of cassette type gas cylinder does not vary with a residual quantity of gas therein a transmitter and a receiver are placed in positions opposed to a weld zone of the trunk portion of the gas cylinder and which permits an output voltage of the receiver with respect to a residual quantity of the gas to be detected at a specific resonance frequency of the gas cylinder. The resonance frequency is not lower than a predetermined level, the residual quantity of a liquefied gas in the cylinder being detected by transmitting the specific resonance frequency signal from the transmitter and detecting a reception output of not lower than a predetermined level by the receiver. This enables a residual quantity of the gas in the liquefied gas containing cassette type gas cylinder to be detected reliably from the outside.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device including a bottom part connected to a gas source in which the connection includes a device for distributing gas emanating from the gas source to openings, the openings being distanced from each other. A middle part is mounted on the bottom part and provided with gas jets through which the gas emanating from the openings may flow and be ignited, the jets being located within a plate mounted upon the openings. An upper part is mounted on the middle part and includes slatted grills distanced from each other at a distance corresponding to the distance between the gas jets. All parts are located one upon another in one frame or in separate frames.

Abstract: A turntable assembly generally comprises a supporting base and an oven fixed to the top of the supporting base. A rotational disk can be rotationally and movably supported between the oven and the supporting base. The rotational disk is above the surface of the table without touching the dishes or bowls disposed on the table. By this arrangement, a plurality of courses can be simultaneously supported and the people may enjoy these food simultaneously.

Abstract: A wood smoker comprises an outer cooking container, an inner cooking container, and a cover for the inner cooking container. The outer cooking container is provided with a bottom wall which receives wood chips and the like thereon and the inner cooking container is provided with a bottom wall with smoke flow apertures therein wherein pre-portioned foods are placed on the bottom wall of the inner cooking container, the bottom wall of the inner cooking container being spaced from the bottom wall of the outer cooking container. Wood chips and the like which are ignited provides smoke which flows up through the apertures in the bottom wall of the inner container and along with the heat being generated by the bottom wall of the outer container and the ignited wood chips provides the smoke and cooking heat for the pre-portioned food products on the surface of the bottom wall of the inner cooking container.

Abstract: An oven for receiving and heating cooking vessels including a plurality of heating units for generating heat and which are arranged in different horizontal planes. A respective cooking vessel is positionable in association with each heating unit. The oven may include a support structure such as connected rods for supporting the cooking vessels in association with the respective heating unit.

Abstract: A new Camping Stove Baking Attachment Device for offering an apparatus that can be used in conjunction with a camping stove to provide an oven for baking food. The inventive device includes an attachment housing, a lid, a plurality of lid vents, a food plate, a base plate and an elongated exhaust tube aperture. In use the attachment housing (16) is placed on a camping stove (2) allowing it to come to rest against a bottom side of the base plate (30). Food (4) is then placed on an upper side of the food plate (20). Finally, the lid (12) is placed upon the attachment housing (16). Combustion exhaust flow (24) is routed up through the base plate flame vents 32, the elongated exhaust tube aperture (22), and the lid vents (15). Consequently, the food (4) is baked without ever coming into contact with a flame.

Abstract: A one-piece, seamless food service base is insert molded from a heat and impact resistant plastic. The base is shaped to receive a standard serving plate and includes an integrally molded core. The core is made from a metal or other material that is characteristically susceptible to heating through induction heating. In one form, the core is a solid metal disk with strategically disposed bores for molding the base. In another form, the core is a hollow metal disk having a standard wax phase change core.

Abstract: A stove top grill assembly for barbecuing foods comprising a base portion (12) with supporting means (20, 16) for a cooking grill (10) and a stone (14) enclosing a central cavity (18). When in use the stone (14) rests directly over a burner or concentrated heat source surface separating foods being cooked on the grill (10) above from flames below and allowing rapid heat distribution without flame penetration. Conversely the stone (14) captures food and grease drippings from above converting them to flavor inducing smoke for barbecuing without igniting.

Abstract: There is disclosed a multi-piece portable oven having an oven body (22), a baking mold (24), and a cover (28). Oven body (22) has and upwardly extending cylindrical sidewall (34) and a substantially flat bottom (32). Baking mold (24) has an upwardly extending cylindrical sidewall (38) and a substantially flat bottom wall (40) with an upwardly extending frusto-conical opening (44) at the center thereof. Baking mold (24) is placed inside oven body (22) for baking and steaming. Cover (28) has a circular configuration and downwardly extending peripheral edge (42) that is adapted to provide a tight fit over the baking mold (24) and oven body (22). The portable oven is adapted to be placed on top of a gas stove or electric range. The direct heat of the flame on the oven body will heat the air inside the portable oven and cause the food inside to be cooked or baked.

Abstract: A smokeless grill suitable for use upon a conventional gas or electric range in which a lower base element is of shorter longitudinal dimension than a mating cover element which defines a transversely extending horizontal opening adapted to be positioned directly over a gas or electric heating element or burner. Heat emanating from the burner rises under convection as well as radiation to enter the opening and heat air enclosed by the cover. The heated air circulates in a continuous loop between the base element and the cover element to cook food supported upon a grill element disposed therebetween, the configuration of the grill allowing the heated air to pass both above and below the grill. Because no air is introduced into the device, the food cooks essentially without burning or smoking, and all combustion occurs externally of the interconnected base element and cover element.

Abstract: A baking pot which includes a pot body having a hot air inlet, a trim mounted in the hot air inlet of the pot body and having a conical center hole, a turbine wheel having a wheel shaft mounted in the conical center hole of the trim by a bearing, a drip plate mounted within the pot body above the turbine wheel, a grid mounted on the pot body above the drip plate, and a pot cover covered on the pot body over the grid, the pot cover having a rotary knot, a plurality of air vents equally spaced around the rotary knob, and a shutter plate fastened to the rotary knot and turned by it to close/open the air vents of the pot cover.

Abstract: A collapsible enclosure device suitable for confining stacks of dishes for warming purposes is constructed of four sidewall panels of rigid thermally insulative material having a rectangular perimeter defined by opposed side edges, and top and bottom edges. The sidewall panels are hingedly joined at their side edges to produce an assembly that can be deployed to an open box-like configuration, and folded to a flattened storage configuration. A roof panel is configured to rest in sealing engagement atop the assembly in its deployed configuration. The roof panel is releasibly attached to the assembly in a manner which permits lifting of the device by a handle centered upon the roof panel.

Abstract: An oven utilizing charcoal as the source of cooking heat is disclosed, the oven having a thermostatically controlled charcoal ignition means used only to ignite and then reignite the charcoal in response to any temperature drop below a predetermined lower limit.

Abstract: A combined unit for cooking, heating and/or gratinating food comprises a support member (12) on which rests a pair of vertically spaced plates (20, 26). The lower plate (20) is adapted to receive food to be gratinated while the upper plate (26) is adapted to receive food to be cooked and/or heated. The unit comprises means (36) for deflecting heat over the food on the lower plate and under the upper plate to cook and/or heat thereon.

Abstract: An oven attachment is provided for a camping lantern, in which the oven attachment is configured to be attached to the lantern so as to form an integral component of the lantern. In particular, the oven attachment provides an enclosure in which foods and beverage containers can be placed and uniformly heated with the heat generated by a conventional camping lantern. The versatility of the oven attachment is enhanced by the ability to regulate the temperature of the enclosure with a damper assembly. Yet the oven attachment is constructed such that its use and structure does not interfere with the safe operation of the lantern as intended by the manufacturer, nor does the oven attachment significantly diminish the lighting capability of the lantern.

Abstract: An oven for baking a food product. The oven comprises a stone covered bottom that includes a baking area in which the food product may be baked. A top is connected to the bottom and constructed to form a domed chamber over the baking area. A constant heat source is connected to the bottom to provide a constant heat within the chamber. A first passageway extends through the top and has a size sufficient to pass an unbaked food product into the chamber. A second passageway extends through the top and has a size sufficient to remove a baked food product from the chamber.

Abstract: An expansible cyclone stove includes an expansible mount fastened to a stove body thereof to hold a lid for permitting the lid to be adjusted upwards from the stove body to increase the holding space for holding a cooking container inside the stove body. The expansible mount is consisted of an angle frame fastened to the stove body, and a connecting block pivoted to a handle on the lid and having a bottom extension inserted in a chamber on the angle frame and locked in either upper limit or lower limit position by a screw and a locknut.

Abstract: Barbecue apparatus includes a housing and a top defining a primary vent interconnecting the interior of the housing to the ambient atmosphere. A fuel grate is located within the housing interior spaced from the housing bottom. A grill is located in the housing interior at a location between the fuel grate and the primary vent. A secondary vent is positioned below the grill and above the grate for venting potentially harmful combustion gases, such as carbon monoxide gas, from the housing interior.

Abstract: A food warmer unit for use in the field comprises a vessel having walls to form a chamber and a recloseable cover. An inlet port is in communication with the chamber as is an outlet port. The vessel also has a restricting means to hold food canisters in a submerged state within the chamber during use. The food warmer unit is readily connected to a portable heating unit to provide hot water in the chamber and a means to warm food canisters.

Abstract: A food breading assembly which includes a grid member sandwiched between an upper bin for holding food items to be breaded and a lower bin for holding breading material such as flour, bread crumbs, and the like. The upper and lower bins have aligned handles projecting from each side which the user can grasp with his hands to hold the upper and lower bins together and the grid sandwiched tightly between. The user can then shake the assembly causing the breading material to be propelled upwardly through the apertures of the grid to bread the food items in the upper bin. When completed, the upper bin is lifted off the grid with the breaded food on the grid. The grid has a pair of handles the user then grasps to lift the grid and breaded food thereon away from the lower bin, carry over to a cooking receptacle and drop the breaded food items therein without the user having to touch the food with his hands.

Abstract: A decorative pop-in front panel provides the barbecue grill with a more finished appearance by hiding the fuel tank and its associated fuel lines. The panel is installed and held in place without the need for tools or separate fasteners. Pins secure the panel along the bottom edge and a detachable condiment rack holds the upper edge of the panel in place next to the control panel. The condiment rack is similarly installed without requiring tools or other fasteners by a bracket which allows the condiment rack to be hung and locked in place on the grill frame.

Abstract: An improved frame construction for a microwave oven and the like, which is so arranged that, a front panel portion, a bottom plate portion and a rear plate portion are integrally formed into one unit as an open chassis, while an inserting opening is formed in the bottom plate portion of the open chassis in a position under an oven structure of the frame construction for inserting welding jigs or the like through the inserting opening.

Abstract: An apparatus including a planar glass ceramic plate formed with a continuous peripheral wall directed upwardly therefrom about the plate, with a drainage aperture directed adjacent an intersection of the plate and an elongate side wall to direct excss fluids into an underlying container. The plate includes spaced handles at each end thereof, and a thermostat control operatively associated with configured heating coil to direct heat underlying the plate in a predetermined arrangement. The apparatus further includes a modified plate including a planar web bisecting orthogonally a surrounding wall, wherein the wall permits reversing of the plate with the bottom of the wall defining a pocket to assist in heat retention with an upper pocket for accommodating food positioned therewithin for heating thereof. Further, a modified heating coil permits gradient heating by compaction of the coil at one end of the plate, and a greater spacing of coiled members at a further end of the plate.

Abstract: A camp stove including a metallic framework defining a primary fire chamber straddled by first and second auxiliary fire chambers; a metallic grate supported by the framework above the primary fire chamber; a first metallic grill supported by the framework and slidable thereon between one position above the first auxiliary fire chamber and another position over and directly adjacent to the grate; and a second metallic grill supported by the framework above the second auxiliary fire chamber.

Abstract: A toaster oven of variable volume, including a box-like structure having a top oven portion and a bottom oven portion in telescoping relationship, forming a cavity and a front opening, a pin carried by the top portion, offset from and manually rotatable about an axis, a slot carried by the bottom portion adapted to receive the pin to telescope the top portion and the bottom portion, a door carried by the bottom portion adapted to cover the oven opening in all telescoped positions of the top and bottom, and a system of lever arms connected between the door and the food support rack adapted to slide a portion of the rack through the front opening when the door is opened.

Abstract: The device for mounting a cooking apparatus of the present invention on a wall and the like in a kitchen comprises a wall fixing member to be fixedly mounted on the wall and provided with reinforcing members projecting forward; a supporting member rotatable up-and downwardly and provided with grooves in which the legs of the cooking apparatus are to be put; and a stopper member for preventing the legs of the cooking apparatus from coming off the grooves of the supporting member in case that the cooking apparatus is supported by said supporting member. Accordingly, the cooking apparatus can be easily mounted on the wall and the like in the kitchen without any extra members to be mounted on the cooking apparatus, so that a cooking apparatus of such a type originally used by being placed on a cooking counter and the like can be easily mounted on a wall in a kitchen.

Abstract: For barbequeing food, a portable cooker, convertible for both indoor and outdoor use, is provided. The burner of a gas or electric kitchen stove is used to fire the cooker indoors, whereas charcoal or other combustible fuel is used as a source of heat for outdoor use. Two embodiments of the version are disclosed, one adapted for single burner indoor use and the other adapted for twin or dual burner indoor use. The second embodiment employs internal baffles for equal distribution of the applied heat. Both embodiments include an effective grease collection system for intercepting and drawing off a portion of the grease drippings.

Abstract: An easily and conveniently portable barbecue grill in which the bowl has an outwardly and upwardly extending flange around its perimeter and the lid has an outwardly extending flange around its perimeter, which flanges cooperate to produce a secure attachment between the lid and the bowl when the lid is placed on the bowl in a certain way. In the preferred embodiment, the bowl flange has two or more indentations equally spaced around its perimeter to form a number of inwardly facing reentrant portions on that flange, and the lid flange has at least one gap in its perimeter.

Abstract: A device is provided for uniformly heating chilled pizza within an oven by supporting the pizza in a horizontal position, directing a stream of hot air upwardly onto the center of the pizza while shielding its periphery from radiation emanating from the oven heat source. An oven appliance is provided including a grill composed of openwork for supporting the pizza and a base spaced below the grill and composed of a baffle having a central vent opening for funneling a stream of hot air upwardly onto the middle of the lower surface of the pizza. The baffle also acts as a shield interposed between the infrared radiating heat source and the periphery of the pizza.

Abstract: A method is provided for uniformly heating chilled pizza within an oven by supporting the pizza in a horizontal position, guiding or directing a stream of hot air upwardly onto the center of the pizza while shielding its periphery from radiation emanating from the oven heat source. An oven appliance is provided including a grill portion at the top composed of openwork for supporting the pizza and a connected, usually integral base spaced below the outer, i.e. periferal portion of the grill and a baffle having a central vent opening for funneling a stream of hot air upwardly onto the middle of the lower surface of the pizza. The baffle also acts as a heat shield interposed between the infrared radiating heat source and the periphery of the pizza. The grill portion preferably comprises a plurality of vertically disposed radially arranged flanges or webs extending upwardly from the baffle and having coplanar upper edges defining a food support surface.

Abstract: There is disclosed a multi-piece potable oven having a base plate, an oven body, a cover, and any of a skillet, "mess tray", steamer, or funnel lid. The base plate has a circular bottom portion and an upwardly extending frusto-conical opening at the center. The oven body has an upwardly extending cylindrical sidewall and a substantially flat bottom with an upwardly extending frusto-conical opening at the center thereof which is adapted to fit on the upwardly extending frusto-conical opening of the base plate. The skillet is placed over the oven body for frying or broiling. The "mess tray" is placed over the oven body when additional space is desired for baking, roasting, and general heating. The steamer is placed over the oven body when vegetables or seafood are to be steamed. The funnel lid covers the upwardly extending frusto-conical opening at the center of the oven body when the portable oven is used for steaming or popping corn.

Abstract: A toaster/oven accessory pan sized to cook small food items (eggs, etc.) comprises a flat major panel, integral upstanding sidewalls, a peripheral flange extending from and surrounding the sidewalls, and two handles integral with the peripheral flange and defining a slot opening for receiving the tines of a fork to lift and carry the pan. The bottoms of the fork tines engage a tab of the handle partially defining the slot opening, the tops of the fork tines engage a downstruck stiffening bead formed in the peripheral flange adjacent the slot opening and the ends of the tines abut a sidewall juxtaposed the handle. The peripheral flange is provided with grooves extending about two opposed corners and beads extending about the remaining two opposed corners, and a second identical toaster/oven accessory pan can be inverted and nest on the first pan as a cover, and in particular, the beads and grooves nest.

Abstract: A portable, solar cooker of the type having an insulated housing with an oven compartment and associated reflector elements is adapted for cooking with a portion of the housing removed and using a conventional source of heat such as canned heat, gas-fired lantern heat, and the like.

Abstract: A low temperature gas-fired or electrically heated oven and warming unit for domestic purposes having a chamber enclosed by walls and a door at the front. The chamber is variable in volume, for example by being vertically extensible by having overlapping, relatively movable wall portions at the side and back and a door which automatically adjusts to the volume of the chamber for example by being of the tambour or roller shutter type. The unit can be fixed by the top section under a kitchen wall unit and extended downwards for use. Removable, lazy-tongs linkages at the sides of the unit control the extension of the chamber and are jointly operated by a single adjustment control. Shelf supports on the linkages move to alter the spacing of the shelves as the chamber volume is varied.

Abstract: A charcoal-water smoker and cooker in which water separates the coals formed by charcoal briquettes and the meat, vegetables or other items being cooked and which includes a generally cylindrical body supporting a water pan and one or more supporting grilles with a base pan supporting the main body and also supporting a charcoal liner or pan for receiving a quantity of charcoal briquettes with the upper end of the main body being closed by a dome having a combined handle and heat indicator incorporated therein at the apex thereof. The main body is provided with a pair of diametrically opposed handles which enables the main body along with the water pan, grilles and dome to be lifted off of the base pan and charcoal liner in order to enable the charcoal to be replenished if necessary. The water pan and grille or grilles are supported interiorly of the main body by vertically spaced radially inwardly extending supporting clips.