Patents by Inventor Blake Levien

Blake Levien has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260151001
    Abstract: Systems (100, 200, 300, 400, 500), methods (700), and devices include a cooking device (102) for providing fuel to one or more burners (106) and heating a cooking liquid (e.g. frying oil or water) in a vessel (108) above the burners (106). The cooking device (102) includes a fuel control system (104) with a heat sink (114) in contact with a wall surface (112) of the vessel (108), a probe (110, 610) coupled to the heat sink (114), and a capillary tube (202) coupled to the probe (110, 610). The fuel control system (104) also includes a fuel valve fluidly coupled to the capillary tube (202) such that heat conducted from the vessel (108) into the heat sink (114) causes fluid in the capillary tube (202) to exert a pressure on the fuel valve, thus regulating the flow of fuel to the burners (106) responsive to the heat conducted from the side wall (112) of the vessel (108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: McDonald PLUMMER, III, Blake LEVIEN, Joseph London TURNER, Qin QINGKUN
  • Patent number: 12390048
    Abstract: A turkey cooking device comprises a base, a burner, a gas supply device, a turkey pot, a temperature control device disposed on the base or the burner, and a safety valve disposed on the burner. The burner and the turkey pot are disposed on the base. The burner is located below the turkey pot and connected to the gas supply device. The temperature control device comprises a temperature controller, which abuts against the outer circumferential wall of the turkey pot, is electrically connected to the safety valve and controls the burner to open or close through the safety valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: LOCO—CRAZY GOOD COOKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Weidong Jin, Blake Levien, McDonald Plummer, III, Chau Nam Wai
  • Publication number: 20240324816
    Abstract: A turkey cooking device comprises a base, a burner, a gas supply device, a turkey pot, a temperature control device disposed on the base or the burner, and a safety valve disposed on the burner. The burner and the turkey pot are disposed on the base. The burner is located below the turkey pot and connected to the gas supply device. The temperature control device comprises a temperature controller, which abuts against the outer circumferential wall of the turkey pot, is electrically connected to the safety valve and controls the burner to open or close through the safety valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: LOCO - CRAZY GOOD CO9OKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Weidong Jin, Blake Levien, McDonald Plummer, III, Chau Nam Wai
  • Patent number: 11963636
    Abstract: A turkey cooking device comprises a base, a burner, a gas supply device, a turkey pot, a temperature control device disposed on the base or the burner, and a safety valve disposed on the burner. The burner and the turkey pot are disposed on the base. The burner is located below the turkey pot and connected to the gas supply device. The temperature control device comprises a temperature controller, which abuts against the outer circumferential wall of the turkey pot, is electrically connected to the safety valve and controls the burner to open or close through the safety valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LOCO—CRAZY GOOD COOKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Weidong Jin, Blake Levien, McDonald Plummer, III, Chau Nam Wai
  • Publication number: 20230250966
    Abstract: Implementations claimed and described herein provide system and methods for controlling griddle temperature. In one implementation, a temperature measurement of a region of a griddle top is obtained. The temperature measurement is captured using one or more sensors. A set temperature range is obtained for the region of the griddle top. The temperature measurement is compared to the set temperature range. One or more burners are adjusted based on whether the temperature measurement is within the set temperature range. The temperature of the region of the griddle top is maintained within the set temperature range using the one or more burners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Blake LEVIEN, McDonald PLUMMER
  • Publication number: 20230091290
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices include a griddle device with a heat management system and a digital control system. The griddle device includes a body defining an internal space and the heat management system is disposed within the internal space and below a griddle top. The heat management system includes one or more partitions and an underbracing panel to divide the internal space into a plurality of heat compartments, each with a primary burner, a secondary burner (e.g., a pilot burner), and/or a temperature sensor. The digital control system receives temperature data from the temperature sensors, compares the temperature data to a temperature threshold value, and actuates one or more gas valves to increase or decrease fuel supplied to the burners (e.g., the primary burner). Griddle leveling feet secure the griddle top to the body and are used to adjust the griddle top between a level position and a slanted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Blake Levien, McDonald Plummer
  • Publication number: 20220304496
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus for boiling or frying food. The cooking apparatus has an outer pot defining a cooking well containing the cooking liquid. A basket or inner pot is situated within the cooking well of the outer pot. The outer pot has two protrusions along its inner wall. The inner pot has two flanges along its outer wall. The inner pot may be rotated to align the flanges either with the protrusions of the outer pot or with the gaps between the protrusions. When aligned with the protrusions, the flanges rest on the protrusions, allowing the inner pot to drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: McDonald Plummer, Blake Levien
  • Patent number: D1108201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Loco—Crazy Good Cookers, Inc.
    Inventors: McDonald Plummer, III, Blake Levien