Patents by Inventor Kurt V. Venable

Kurt V. Venable 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).

  • Patent number: 4471748
    Abstract: An apparatus which would include a four wall closed structure having a rack on its floor portion in order to accommodate the food to be cooked or smoked. There is further provided a removable top which would have a recessed container means for housing coals or the like as a source of heat, with the recessed pan intruding into the interior of the apparatus. Positioned above the recessed pan means is a grill means hingedly attached to the top portion of the apparatus for placing meat or the like thereupon. The apparatus further comprises a means to smoke the meat while it undergoes baking, and a drain means for draining excess drippings during the cooking process. It also has members for supporting the top portion when the top portion has been removed for tending to the meat within the apparatus without the top portion having to be placed upon the ground or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Inventor: Kurt V. Venable