Patents by Inventor Roy Welcome Starkey

Roy Welcome Starkey 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: 7159509
    Abstract: An outdoor cooking machine including a combination of horizontal and vertical smoker/grills. A vertical smoker/grill is connected to a horizontal smoker/grill by a tube with a damper. A variety of outdoor cooking techniques are provided, singly or in combination, by the outdoor cooking machine. Among these cooking techniques are: cold/slow smoking, hot smoking, steaming, double boiling, deep frying, stewing, food warming, spit/rotisserie cooking, conventional grilling, baking, an open firepit function, an outdoor fireplace function, and a tabletop function. Some cooking techniques use a single fire while others combine multiple fires from one or more smoker/grills to enhance and/or change cooking options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Inventor: Roy Welcome Starkey
  • Publication number: 20040237801
    Abstract: A combination of 2 Smoker/Grills, one horizontal and one vertical. The top of the vertical Smoker/Grill #B is connected to the bottom of the horizontal Smoker/Grill #A by a tube with a damper (#38). Cooking options from the Smoker/Grill HA include: cold or slow smoking, food warmer, spit or rotisserie cooking, conventional grill, oven and tabletop. Cooking options from Smoker/Grill #B include: conventional grill, two forms of a modified conventional grill, hot smoker, steamer, double boiler, deep fryer or turkey fryer, stew pot, two forms of an oven, an outdoor fireplace, an open fire pit and a table top. Accessories from FIG. 4. need to be used with most of these options. Most options from Smoker/Grill #A can be used with most options from Smoker/Grill #B. See CHART #1 for more clarification. Some combinations can use a single fire and some combinations can combine the fires from both grills to enhance/change cooking options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Roy Welcome Starkey