Abstract: An improvement for a spit basket of the type having opposing sets of fingers for holding food items to be roasted. The spit basket is adjustable and provides for movement of the opposing fingers to close around an item to be cooked. The improvement comprises sets of double-skewer prongs engaged to said fingers in a transverse relation relative to a long axis of the spit basket whereby to be capable of piercing the carcass of the item to be cooked to enable the spit basket to retain the meat during roasting without slippage, shredding or bruising of the meat.

Abstract: A two-part smoker assembly having a slide-detachable fire chamber engageable to a separable smoking chamber, the latter capable of being mountably rested atop the firebox walls of a grill. The slide-detachable smoking chamber has front and rear access doors, a side opening for side-attaching the fire chamber thereto, a top-opening for mounting a cover lid thereon, and food racks for supporting food materials within the smoking chamber. Within the smoking chamber, rack supports for the food racks are provided for adjusting the food racks to various levels. The cover is hinged and consists of a central piano hinge, which divides the cover lid into two openable halves and allows access to the food racks from the top front or top rear of the assembly.

Abstract: An adjustable grill assembly for a barbeque grill having outwardly extending support projections supportingly engaged in notches of four corner support brackets that extend upward from the firebox and are attached therebelow to the front and rear walls of the firebox. A pivoting hood covers the barbeque grill and provides cut-out apertures at opposite ends whereby the handles of the grill extend grill outwardly of the hood to facilitate grill-height adjustment while the hood is closed.

Abstract: A barbeque grill having a closable hood and a firebox having opposite ends wherein one of the ends is a pivotable clean out door, which allows access to the interior of the firebox while the hood is closed. An adjustable grill assembly is provided with grill support plates residing interiorly of the barbeque grill and spaced independently from the ends of the firebox. The hood includes cut out gaps for handlebars of the grill whereby the grill may be adjusted on the grill support plates while the hood is closed and independently of the clean out door.

Abstract: A shish kabob rotisserie for placement over the firebox of an outdoor grill provides a motor-driven center drive chain assembly for rotationally driving a plurality of transversely arranged skewers having double skewer members releasably attached. The double skewer members resiliently and tightly holding two loadings of food items to be cooked on a support skewer rod. The rotisserie being a portable frame-like device that is detachably mountable to a grill.

Abstract: A roll and load rotisserie assembly capable of being mountably rested atop the firebox walls of a grill. The rotisserie assembly has a breadbox-type twin hood design that is pivotable to open at either side of the assembly. Support panels for the hood have loading slots adjacent roller assemblies for rotationally supporting the support shafts of a spit. The split may be removed from the roller assemblies by rolling the support shafts outwardly through the loading slots in a facile manner.

Abstract: A trailer and a trailer adapter for removably supporting a grill of the type having a generally rectangular firebox with opposing longer walls, transverse shorter walls, and a bed extending to form a bottom of the firebox. The trailer adapter has four connected panels also having a generally rectangular configuration with two opposing longer panels and transversely opposing shorter panels. The opposing longer panels and one shorter panel removably support the grill. The trailer has frame members supportively extending below the four panels of the trailer adapter. Mechanical fasteners releasably fasten the trailer adapter panels to the trailer frame so that the adapter may also be disengaged from the trailer.

Abstract: An outdoor cooking device capable of sustained use at elevated temperatures caused by the burning of mesquite charcoal, and the like. The device includes a plurality of liner sheet sections and a cooperative burning grate which form an inwardly spaced protective barrier adjacent the firebox side walls and bottom wall. The liner sheet sections and burning grate are independently removable and replaceable and cooperate to prevent heat degradation, or burnout, of the firebox which might otherwise result from cooking at the high combustion temperatures of mesquite charcoal, and the like.

Abstract: A hinge assembly for the hood of an outdoor cooking device provides for the pivoting adjustment of the hood from a closed to an open position. The hinge assembly includes two separable leaf members facilitating the removal of said hood from said cooking device. One leaf is movable and is affixed to the back of the hood. The other is affixed to the back wall of the cooking device and includes an open slot means having a continuous edge formed with three pocket portions for the pivotal cooperation with two pivot pins associating with the movable hinge leaf. The movable hinge leaf has two parallel plates which are spaced apart at a sufficient distance to straddle the fixed hinge leaf in close tolerance. The hinge assembly is capable of holding said hood open with the center of gravity at an inclination to vertical, whereby said pivot pins are sequentially pivotable in two of said pocket portions during movement between the open and closed position.

Abstract: A slant adjustable grill for use with large outdoor cooking devices is provided. The slant adjustable grill is cooperative with two grill support panels located at opposite ends of the firebox. The grill support panels include slanted slots for the selective engagement with handle means extending outwardly from the grill. The grill is rendered capable of vertical adustment or slant adjustment in either the front/back or right/left mode. Additionally, a domed lid may be used in cooperation with the slant adjustable grill and provides access cut-out means whereby the user may vertically or slant adjust the grill to the desired position. The slant adjustable grill is also fully removable from the device as well as being pivotable to an open position to grant access to the firebox.

Abstract: A meat roaster has a horizontal spit basket comprising confronting sets of grate fingers for gripping meat items to be roasted and means for adjusting the separation between the potentially telescoping sets which allows the user to tighten the grip on the shrinking meat during roasting. Roast items in a wide range of sizes can be accommodated by adjusting the grate finger separation. Arms extend from each end of the spit basket to permit hand conveyance and also provide means for support in the roaster. The roaster has a firebox, which is generally rectangular in plan, being open at the top and bottom and having mounting means for rotationally supporting said arms and disposing the spit basket lengthwise along the open top. The firebox provides means for supporting charcoal baskets lengthwise adjacent the open bottom and to the sides of the spit basket. A closable domed lid associates with the firebox to cover the open top.

Abstract: A meat roaster with skeleton support which is free standing, capable of quick assembly and is adapted to be fully enclosed by sheet or foil-type metal for cooking large food items. The skeleton support comprises lower, intermediate and upper frame means. The intermediate frame means includes means for rotationally supporting a wide variety of spit basket styles and means for adjusting the height of the spit basket. The upper frame means includes opposing hoop-like members interconnected by a longitudinal support which cooperate to form a dome-shaped ceiling when enclosed. A firebox chamber is formed below the dome-shaped ceiling by enclosing the intermediate frame means. The upper frame means is manually disengageable from the intermediate frame means allowing access to the food during roasting. The lower frame means is capable of supporting charcoal baskets in the firebox chamber below and to the sides of a supported spit basket. The frame means are capable of full disassembly.

Abstract: A horizontal platform having four or more sides and an exterior vertical sliding pole provides a safe and stimulating challenge to children in a complex recreational structure. The vertical pole is adjacent and spaced from the platform and extends above the platform to offer a means of sliding from the platform. The vertical pole is attached to an arch which extends between and rises above two corner posts which support the platform. A user is allowed access to the platform by one or more ladders integrally built into the structure. An additional slide or arch climber may form part of the structure extending outwardly from the platform at a side opposite the arch. The interrelated complexity and diversity of the structure offer challenge and stimulation to children.