Patents Assigned to Barbecue Time, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4167175
    Abstract: A self-extinguishing grill combination comprises an hibachi-type grill and a substantially air-tight pouch dimensioned to receive the grill with its charge of burning solid fuel. The pouch has an opening sized to pass the grill. The opening is provided with a substantially air-tight closure adjustable between open and closed positions. The grill with its charge of burning fuel is inserted into the pouch through the opening after which the opening is sealed with the closure, thereby sealing off the pouch interior and extinguishing the burning fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Assignee: Barbecue Time, Inc.
    Inventor: Dannie O. Malafouris
  • Patent number: 4133335
    Abstract: A portable cooking unit of the type having dished fuel trays pivotally joined to a central frame for movement between raised fuel lighting positions and lowered cooking positions, and having removable grills comprises improved support means for supporting the grills releasably.Bails, which are attached to the fuel trays for supporting them in their lowered positions, have indented medial portions allowing a user's hand to be placed under them for moving the fuel trays to their raised positions when they are hot. The bails are movable between carrying positions for carrying the cooking unit and support positions for supporting the fuel trays when cooking, by means of inwardly facing extensions located at their extremities. The extensions fit rotatably in bores located in the fuel trays allowing the bails to be moved over camming surfaces into detents which retain them in their support positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1979
    Assignee: Barbecue Time, Inc.
    Inventor: Dannie O. Malafouris