Abstract: Cooking apparatus comprising a pair of burners offset from a grill so that grease from the cooking food drips into a sump rather than onto the burners. A series of slats above the burners direct and distribute the heated air to the grill, each slat intercepting a different portion of the heated air. A drip ledge between the burners and the grill help to channel the grease to the sump and away from the burners. The walls of the housing of the apparatus have passages for cooling by a flow of external air. A smoker intercepts some of the heated air and circulates it among wood chips, for example, and returns smoke to the housing interior.

Abstract: Grease collector grates 48 and 49 are positioned within the housing 11, beneath the location of the food support grill 19, over the burner 26. The L-shaped grease collector bars 50 of the collector grates 48 and 49 prevent grease from falling downwardly to the burner 26, but the space between the collector bars permit the heat to move freely upwardly between the collector bars.