Abstract: An outdoor pellet grill that includes a grill housing including: a grill base; a rear wall portion secured to the grill base; a top wall portion secured to the rear wall portion; and a hinged grill cover providing selective enclosure around an interior cooking space within the grill housing. The outdoor pellet grill includes a cooking platform, pellet hopper, burn pot, auger, and actuator. The burn pot and the heat baffle are located beneath the cooking platform and provide heat to food from below. The auger extends between the pellet hopper and the burn pot and transports pellets of fuel from the pellet hopper to the burn pot. The actuator is rotatably coupled to the heat baffle and includes a first set of apertures positioned for selective alignment with a second set of corresponding apertures in the heat baffle to govern regulation of flames from the burn pot.

Abstract: An outdoor griddle including a housing, a cooking surface, a drip drawer, and a heat source assembly. The cooking surface has a rectangular shape and is coupled within the housing. The cooking surface includes: a planar top portion; a front edge proximal to a griddle cook position; a back edge distal to the griddle cook position; a left side edge to the left of the griddle cook position; a right side edge to the right of the griddle cook position; a right-side debris management section located in the planar top portion at an area adjacent the right side edge, providing convenient access to right-handed cooking utensil interactions; and at least one aperture extending in an elongated fashion along the right-side debris management section of the cooking surface that provide passages for grease and debris to drain. The drip drawer coupled beneath the aperture(s) to catch grease and debris.