Abstract: A device for added convenience in campfire cooking. The device comprises a telescoping post either to be driven into the ground by way of a self-contained sleeve hammer or to be held erect by a circular grille stand, a telescoping height adjustment made possible by use of a barrel washer, an adjustable grille arm to install at the upper end of the telescoping steel post, the adjustable grille arm to invert 180 degrees to provide for added adjustment of the grille plate over the fire, the grille plate to attach onto the grille arm in normal or inverted position, an anti-rotating clip to prevent unwanted spinning of the grille plate, grille arm slots in inner post so cut as to hold the grille arm horizontal, thumb screws in sleeve hammer to fasten to post for storage and to serve as hand guide when in use, thumb screws in vertical portion of grille stand to turn in and stop unwanted rotation of grille when in use.

Abstract: A grill device or grill kit, having a base, support post, and a cantilevered support arm, adjustably interconnected for wide accommodation of cooking or grilling situations, outdoors or even indoors in a front-loading stove or fireplace. The support arm, and its revolvable connection to the support post, provide for use of the support arm as a rotisserie, and both a motor and a hand crank are provided for the grill-turning function; and diversity is further accommodated by the grill body itself being adjustable for flat-support use, or for meat-clamping use when the grill and support arm are used as a rotisserie.

Abstract: A grilling unit for cooking or roasting large quantitites of food items at a single time is described. The unit employs a grilling surface positioned on a grid frame which is continuously adjustable by means of a bevel gear transmission. Roasting of food items is accomplished by use of a rotisserie unit.

Abstract: The present invention is for a fireplace cooking device which provides for translation a grill or other cooking device in three orthogonal directions. The device has a wall assembly which attaches to the sidewall of the fireplace and maintains a mechanism to raise or lower a grill or other cooking device. Attached to the wall assembly are a series of elements which are pivotably mounted to provide planar translation of a grill or other cooking device.

Abstract: A portable wind resistant camp stove for use with solid state fuels such as HEXAMINE or TRIOXANE in which the burner is either fixed or adjustable in relation to the cooking vessel. The camp stove, also, provides storage and packaging for the solid state fuels when not being used as a stove.

Abstract: The lid of a barbecue grill is supported in selected open angles by a positioner arm having notches with acutely angled bumper walls for being struck by the lid when it is raised to push away the arm. The arm has a lower end that bears directly on the barbecue base or is retained by a pivoted clip, with bearing contact through the clip to avoid weighting the pivot point.

Abstract: A portable cooking apparatus has a pair of longitudinally elongated stanchions, a spit rod support and a motor support bracket for supporting a drive motor with its power output shaft aligned with the spit rod. A mounting bracket connects the first spit rod support member and the motor support bracket and provides freedom of movement of the motor support bracket with respect to the spit rod support member about pitch and yaw axes which serve to permit the motor support bracket to move with respect to its associated stantion to be aligned with the power output shaft of the motor and the spit rod in use.

Abstract: A barbecue apparatus includes an enclosure for containing a heat source and a mechanism for supporting the enclosure on a surface. A grill assembly including a grate member is disposed over the enclosure, and a grill assembly support device includes a pair of substantially vertical arms extending upwardly from opposite sides of the enclosure. A mechanism operatively interconnects the grate member with the vertical arms to guide movement of the grate member along the length of the arms. A rotatable shaft interconnects the vertical proximate the upper ends thereof, and a linkage arrangement interconnects the shaft and the grill assembly for selectively raising and lowering the grate relative to the enclosure.

Abstract: A stable, portable, and easily assembled cooking assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes arm means having a handle at one end, an outer support means at its other end and center pivoting means along its midsection. The center pivoting means is mounted on an upper end of a post means for pivotal movement thereabout at a first pivot point. The post means also has a lower end which is driven into the ground to secure the post means in an upright position. The upper end of the arm means also includes lock means for securing the arm means about the first pivot point at one of a plurality of differently angled positions. The assembly further includes a rigid suspension member having an upper end including outer pivoting means for pivotal engagement with and suspension from the outer support means of the arm means at a second pivot point. The suspension member also has a lower end for rigid attachment to an end edge of a food support.

Abstract: A barbecue grill with a housing member that defines a rectangular compartment where a food supporting assembly and a heat source assembly are housed in a variable spaced apart relationship. The food supporting assembly includes typically a shaft through which food items are inserted and grills where they are broiled. The shaft is driven through an electric motor. The heat source assembly is suspended from a pair of steel wire elements that are wound on a bar and directed through pulleys in order to uniformly lift or power the heat source assembly through a reversible electric motor. Normally closed switches are connected in series with the power connections for each direction of rotation of the reversible motor and physically located where they are actuated by the heat source assembly to interrupt it, travel.

Abstract: A grill comprises a heating chamber (2) for broiling food (18). The heating chamber has located on the sides thereof a respective space (5) which accommodates a heat source (6), such as charcoal. The heat source (6) delivers radiant heat uniformly to the food (18), and the formation of carcinogenic substances as a result of pyrolysis is avoided by constructing the bottom part of the heating chamber in a manner to cool fat which drips down from the broiled food. To this end the bottom part of the heating chamber may be provided with a withdrawable vessel (8) filled with a liquid (9). The heat-source accommodating space (5) is delimited on the heating-chamber side by a net or lattice structure (4) and has a bottom surface (14) which slopes obliquely downwards and inwards towards the liquid-filled vessel (8). Pre-heated combustion air is delivered to the space (5) through a channel (16) location beneath the space. The central part of the grill may have a rectangular or circular cross-sectional shape.

Abstract: A multi-purpose support frame for supporting a cooking grill in an elevated position. The support frame comprises a support base with a support rod secured to the base and extending vertically above an end of the base. A support arm is secured to the rod and extends above and over the support base. The support arm has spaced-apart attachment elements for engaging cooperating parts of the grill for retaining the grill substantially horizontally above the support base. The grill is adjustably position in height above the support base by an adjustment member secured to the support rod. A handle is associated with the grill.

Abstract: A portable campfire cooker formed of metal walls, posts, grills and other parts, easily assembled and disassembled, providing a rigid and safe fire box. Cylindrical posts lock together interconnecting walls, which walls reciprocably support these posts against inadvertent displacement. Grill supports and pot supports are rotatably mounted on these posts in a secure arrangement. Spit members are similarly mounted onto these posts. Grill, pot and spit members are released by merely lifting from these posts. The walls can be of selected unit lengths to form polygonal shaped fire boxes of symmetrical or non-symmetrical configurations.

Abstract: A combustion apparatus for burning wood or coal comprises a cooking enclosure mounted above a combustion chamber enclosure. An upper space of the combustion chamber enclosure contains a combustion chamber having a floor and walls made of refractory material. The combustion chamber is closed all around except for the top. A plurality of primary air holes are provided in the floor of the combustion chamber and a plurality of secondary air holes are provided through the combustion chamber enclosure at the level of the open top of the combustion chamber. An ash pan is mounted for sliding into the combustion chamber enclosure below the combustion chamber to act as a regulator for air entering the combustion chamber enclosure. A cooking plate is pivotally mounted in the cooking enclosure so that it can be lowered into a cooking position over the open top of the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A portable cooking grill device is formed from two vertical posts removably attached to the upturned ends of a U-shaped base. The cooking surface of the device is a grill having a rod attached along its rear edge, and a plurality of parallel rods extending perpendicular thereto from front to back of the grill. Two braces attached to the grill extend diagonally downward and rearward from the grill. The vertical posts pass through the grill between adjacent parallel rods. The grill is held in place with respect to the vertical posts and base by the rod attached along the rear edge of the grill which seats against the back of the vertical posts, and by the distal ends of the diagonal braces being seated against the front of the vertical posts. A number of horizontal ribs may be spaced along the length of the vertical posts to provide better support for the braces.

Abstract: The components of a collapsible grill are retained together for stowage by a concaved clip that straddles the nested supports and engages the food-contacting members on the abutting grill sections. The clip has a pair of diverging legs that each terminates in a flange. One clip flange engages a food-contacting member on the grill section opposite the supports to retain the grill sections together. The other clip flange may engage a food-contacting member on either of the grill sections.

Abstract: A fireplace cooking grill supported for vertical and horizontal adjustment in a fireplace opening with the grill being supported from a vertically disposed support post having a rack gear along one edge thereof with the grill including a slide on the post having a manually rotatable gear mounted in a gear housing in engagement with the rack gear for vertically adjusting the grill. The rotatable gear is provided with a detachable handle, which can be removed when desired, and the gear housing includes a bracket having a horizontally disposed support member slidably supporting a grill frame and a removable grill therein which enables the grill to be vertically adjustable in relation to the fireplace and horizontally adjustable inwardly and outwardly of the fireplace to enable optimum positioning of the grill in relationship to a fire, coals, or other heat source in the fireplace.

Abstract: A device for supporting the hinged cover of a barbecue brazier partially open in any one of a plurality of selected positions comprises an elongated planar support member having a plurality of upwardly orientated cover hooks along its length for selectively engaging the rim of the partially opened cover, and a downwardly facing mounting member or hook adjacent one of its ends for mounting the support member vertically on the rim of the brazier. A handle member is permanently or removably attached to the support member for handling the support member when it has become hot through use. The handle member in one embodiment is secured to the support member by means of a screw threaded projection on the handle member which engages a screw threaded bore in the support member.

Abstract: A campfire cooker assembly including a tripod and grill structure, a fire bowl and a smoker. Each component may be used alone. The fire bowl may be used with the tripod and grill or the smoker. An additional grill for the tripod and grill structure may be used. Several forms of adjustable stable grill supports are disclosed. The fire bowl includes a surrounding concentric ring structure for support of articles and for safety. The grill may be rotated by a suitable motor. The smoker includes a protected water pan structure and may have several grills rotated by a motor. Accessory items include a wind screen, cutting board and solid or mesh cooking segments placed on the grill. The legs of the tripod and grill structure may be received in a ground supported ring. A cover may be provided for the fire bowl to smother a fire in the bowl and provide a protective rain shield.

Abstract: A barbecue apparatus having a vertical central post removably attached to a laterally extending base and having a plurality of vertically and radially offset transverse openings into which the ends of skewers laden with food may be inserted to position the skewers at the desired height. An auxiliary grill, fire pan, steam pan and smoker dome are provided, all of which are adjustably supported on the central post.

Abstract: A depot for granular carbonaceous fuel is shown including a refractory matrix containing the granular fuel. The refractory matrix includes either one or more baskets of screen material or a refractory binder. Vertical flues are included in the matrix for upward flow of air therethrough during combustion of the granular fuel. A manifold below the matrix supplies air for the vertical flues. Granular fuel and ashes thereof are prevented by the refractory matrix from moving into the flues whereby the flues remain open during combustion of the granular fuel. The fuel may include a relatively large amount of anthracite to provide for a low cost fire. A granular fuel mixture that includes 60 wt % to 80 wt % Buckwheat anthracite and 40 wt % to 20 wt % of charcoal having a size of 35 to 85 mesh Tyler scale is disclosed.

Abstract: A charcoal grid arrangement for barbeque grills, which grills are of the type comprising an open top receptacle defining a floor that is apertured at its center to receive and hold a discretely separate bowl forming a tinder receiver and ash collector at the central axis of the receptacle, with the receptacle supporting a food cooking grid across same from which is adjustably suspended the charcoal grid over the tinder receiver, with the charcoal grid itself being in the form of an open framework comprising a plurality of spaced apart rods of similar gauge fixed together in essentially parallel coplanar relation to have the charcoal grid define a central axis that is aligned with that of the receptacle, with the charcoal grid on its underside having a pair of spaced apart holder rods secured thereto in spaced apart coaxial relation and vertically aligned with a pair of coaxially aligned radii of the charcoal grid central axis and defining confronting but spaced apart end portions, and with the charcoal grid a

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 collapsible grill having two separate sections adapted to be interlocked, one to the other, by a latching mechanism. The grill is supported above a bed of charcoal or the like by means of three stakes, each stake including a series of upwardly opening recesses whereby the height of the grill can be adjusted.

Abstract: This invention comprises an outdoor cooking unit that is portable, versatile, and includes a griddle-type cooking surface and fire box for said fuel. The fire box is adjustable with respect to the griddle to permit the cooking temperature to be varied and the griddle serves as a lid for the fire box during storage of fuel in the box. The fire box is easily removed to permit the griddle to be supported by its legs over an open fire, or the fire box may be used with the griddle, over an open fire as an oven.

Abstract: A portable outdoor cooking apparatus is provided. The preferred embodiment consists of a conical shaped base unit with a round, flat fire-pit area located in the lower portion of the cone. The ground beneath the outdoor cooking apparatus is protected by means of a heat baffle and two air spaces. The top of the conical shaped base is encircled by a ring to promote diffusion of the heat in the unit. An adjustable grill surface is also provided for cooking or it can be removed to allow open fire cooking. The portable outdoor cooking apparatus is equally adaptable to charcoal or wood, as well as a variety of other combustible materials.

Abstract: A portable barbecue is disclosed herein having an enclosed, hooded grill with an exhaust chimney intended to eliminate much of the smoke and flame normally encountered during a barbecue cooking procedure. The grill is provided with a plurality of V-shaped channels for catching and transporting fats and juices from the cooking meat. A collector pan is carried along one end of the grill to receive the juices from the channels. The coals are disposed directly under the grill and a manual or motor drive is employed to raise and lower the grill with respect to the coal bed. A stabilizing ring on the grill encircling a rod maintains the grill in a substantially horizontal condition.

Abstract: A frame with log holding bars has two sets of arms pivotally coupled to opposite sides and links pivotally coupled to the upper ends of each set of arms such that the links and arms may be pivoted between rear and forward positions. The rear end of a screen is pivotally coupled to the upper ends of the rear arms and to the rear ends of the two links such that the screen may move with the links above the log holding bars and be pivoted to an upward non-operative position and to an operative position next to the links for use for cooking and meat loading and turning purposes.

Abstract: A cooking oven which comprises a pair of opposing end walls, a pair of opposing side walls, the side walls disposed inside of the end walls and defining, together with the end walls, a cooking chamber, a supporting frame adapted to support the end walls and the side walls an, opposing slider member mounted for movement on the supporting frame, the side walls being operatively mounted on the slider member, and a moving member the slider member containing the side walls mounted thereon towards or away from each other, whereby the size of the cooking chamber can be varied depending on the size of the food to be cooked.

Abstract: Improvements in outdoor cooking grills; an improved, vertically adjustable, food grill slideably mounted on a central vertical stake through a central collar on the grill; improvements in means for raising, lowering and fixing the vertical position of the grill on its mounting stake; a vertically adjustable grill with readily assembled and disassembled parts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable barbecue having an open-center frame provided with hingedly folding leg members and grill rack members. The leg members unfold to support the barbecue in an upright position and the grill rack members unfold to supportingly receive a cooking grill. Locking means is provided to secure the leg and grill rack members in their supporting positions. The open-center frame also supportingly engages a disposable heat reflecting drip pan and a removeable fire basket.

Abstract: A vertically oriented fuel bed elongate in the vertical direction provides a vertical radiant source of heat for cooking food in cooking zones on either side of the bed. A portable and collapsible grill frame is formed by light weight end rods and elongate cross rods assembled in three tiers, a top tier, a lower tier, and base level. The vertical radiant heat source is supported in the center of the frame removeably suspended from the top tier without extending below the lower tier. An ash tray is removeably suspended from the lower tier below the fuel bed and above the base level. First and second drip trays are removeably suspended from the lower tier below the cooking zones on either side of the ash tray. The ash tray and drip trays form a substantially continuous surface across the grill frame for reflecting heat upward and protecting a surface on which the grill may be placed. A plurality of removeable and replaceable panels provide greater or lesser enclosure of a cooking zone.

Abstract: A campfire griddle or grill which is designed for convenience and cooking over a campfire. A metal support in the form of a stake is driven into the ground by stepping on a foot pad and the griddle handle is then placed over the stake and lowered to the desired height. The handle can be adjusted to different heights by depressing the safety latch while lowering and the griddle can be swung away from the fire as desired. The griddle itself can easily be attached or removed from the handle. It can also be used alone on a camp stove if desired. A charcoal pan can also be attached to the stake under the griddle so that charcoal can be placed in such charcoal pan to heat the griddle or grill after it has been placed on the supporting stand.

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 lightweight, foldable, compact, portable cooking device having a vertical support member which provides a location for adjustable attachment of cooking and fire grates. Cooking and fire grates are hinged and the support member disassembles into multiple segments thereby permitting the entire implement to be collapsed to satisfy compact storage requirements.

Abstract: A roasting machine for roasting relatively large items of food, such as small pigs or the like, includes a pair of side frame members by means of which the roasting machine may be supported for transportation along the ground or rested on the ground. A pair of end supports are secured to the side frame members and have notches which carry handlebars, which handlebars in turn carry a suspended firebox between the side frame members. The spit includes a hollow drum which receives the legs of H-shaped wire skewers to support the food on the spit. A special clamp mechanism is provided for retaining the spit drum on the support rod.

Abstract: A collapsible, folding barbecue cooking unit is provided having a generally rectangular base formed by a base plate with upstanding side and rear wall portions. A pair of side plates and a back plate are hingedly connected to the upstanding side and back wall portions and are positionable in upright interlocked relation during use. A pair of horizontal grill elements of slightly smaller dimension than that of the base plate are capable of being supported within the cooking unit by opposed handle elements that are selectively engageable with grill positioning slots formed in the side plates. For storage, the grill elements are positionable within a rectangular grill storage receptacle defined by the base plate and the upstanding wall portions thereof with the handle portions of both of the grill elements being exposed outwardly of the unit. The side wall and rear wall portions are then foldable to overlapping relation against the uppermost grill element within the grill storage enclosure.

Abstract: A barbecue grill for outdoor cooking has vertical spaced heating panels between which foodstuffs can be supported for cooking. One of the panels is slidable towards and away from the other panel to control the amount of heat supplied to the cooking area between the panels, and is pivotable outwards away from the cooking area about a vertical pivot axis at one side edge for easier access to the cooking area.

Abstract: A barbecue grill has several dish-shaped racks which can be optionally assembled and disassembled, and supported to rotate and control the degree of heat applied to the meat and prevent burning it, part of the racks being far away from the fire for holding meat or other food for slow cooking, warming, or cooling. The bottom of the grill has a plate for holding charcoal and holes in the plate for dropping charcoal or ash, to an ash collecting drawer. At two sides of the body, are side plates which incline outward. If ash is full in the ash receiver drawer, it can be drawn and poured out. Support legs insert into the grill body to support the body in use, and can be inverted to form a portable handle, so that, after used, the dish-shaped racks can be disassembled and stored in the body, and the side plates are folded to cover the body, and the support legs are inverted to become a handle making the grill very convenient to be carried.

Abstract: A portable compactly stored outdoor cooking stand can be used either with a self-contained charcoal compartment or over an open campfire, and can cook in many cooking modes including, open flame grilling, frying, steaming, boiling, baking, etc. Thus, a stand for straddling a campfire site vertically arranges one or more of three encompassed cooking utensils, namely a grill cooking surface, a pan for holding food or charcoal, and a vented cover for release of smoke, fumes, or steam. The pan and cover mate to form a portable suitcase-like carrying case with a handle that contains all the other elements for transport and compact storage when not in use.

Abstract: A portable grill comprising a base frame constructed from angle iron or other suitable material having two pair of folding legs running from the front to the back on opposite sides of the base, having two grill support frames each with a sliding guide extending upward at the longitudinal center axis of a base frame, a removable coal tray resting inside the base, a grill rack substantially equal to but less than the width and length of the tray, where the grill rack has a plurality of V-shaped laterally running top bars pitched at an angle to allow grease to drain into a grease catcher located at the lower end of the grill rack, and a means for raising and lowering the grill rack.

Abstract: This cooking grill assembly enables full rotation of a grill portion, which is mounted to a sleeve, and the sleeve is also elevatable for bringing food close to the fire, or raising it so as only to keep it warm. The sleeve is also removable for safely taking the grill portion and cooked food away from the fire.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable barbecue comprising:a frame with an open center having front, rear and side walls and an inwardly extending annular bottom flange;first and second leg members hingedly engaging said frame to assume a first, folded position juxtaposed to the bottom of said frame and a second, supporting position extending away from the bottom of said frame;first and second grill rack members hingedly engaging said frame to assume a first, closed position juxtaposed to the top of said frame and a second, upright position extending upwardly from the top of said frame;a disposable heat reflecting drip pan having an outwardly extending annular lip adapted to engage said annular bottom flange on said frame such that said drip pan assumes a working position occupying the open center of said frame when said leg members are in said second, supporting position;a removable fire basket engaging said frame and overlying said disposable drip pan in said working position; anda removable cooking gr

Abstract: A portable camp stove comprising a housing having two concave sections each having an open end and hinged to one another for juxtaposition with their open ends facing one another. One of the concave sections has a heat generating element secured therein beneath a heat transmitting support frame. The other of the concave sections has a collapsible wall assembly secured thereto and positionable to an operable vertical position extending above the open end thereof. A combustible product support platform is securable internally of the wall assembly, when in the operable vertical position, to support a combustible product thereon at a desired height. The wall assembly has at least one angulated reflective wall. A reflective base wall is also provided under the support platform for collecting ashes and radiating heat upwardly.

Abstract: A barbecue cooking unit is comprised of a coal well having an open top, defined within a bottom wall and upstanding sidewalls; support legs for securing the coal well in a generally upright position; a lid depending from the rear support legs for compound degrees of movement relative thereto, being in pivotable engagement therewith to a closed position over the open top and in vertically sliding receipt therewith over an adjustable range in a cooking position; and grill support members on the lid member for receiving perforate grills; wherein the lid member is selectively pivotable into sealing engagement with the coal well for extinguishing coals contained therein when in the closed position and is selectively slidable over the vertically adjustable range to present the grill supports at a desired vertical level over the coal well when in the cooking position.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable cooking grill of the kind intended for use outdoor charcoal cooking. In one embodiment, the grill according to the invention may be relatively small and easily carried on camping hikes. In another embodiment, the grill of the invention is completely collapsible but is useful as a large multipurpose apparatus for use in charcoal cooking for a large number of people. The invention provides adjustable features, including at least one grill unit and/or a cooking pan which can be handled while hot but very safely. Moreover, the supporting frame of the grill and the added cooking members such as grill units, pans or the like are structured to permit these added members to be placed in horizontal or inclined positions and at preselected levels above the ground.

Abstract: An outdoor cooking grill having a bottom grate supported in an iron framework with a food grill of parallel heat conductive bars capable of being raised and lowered relative to the grate. The apparatus includes a curved heat reflective back plate providing insulative characteristics to protect the back closure. Rotisserie supports are provided on a horizontal lift support frame which can serve selectively as a grill support and a rotisserie support. Specific lock devices are provided for rotisserie rods to position the rods in any of a plurality of positions. A composite lift bracket serves also as a rotisserie support.

Abstract: A compact knockdown charcoal cooker which includes an outer pan frame, a nesting fire tray and the outer pan frame forms the base for hinged back and side plates and in support of removable ferrule secured legs. The pan and tray are embossed with radial ribs from a rectangular crossed embossed depression in providing strength at light weight and in resistance to warpage. A grill is adjustably supported above the fire tray on notches in the front edges of the side plates and in corresponding perforations in the back plate. Assembly pins secure sides and back against collapse and all detachable elements are storable in the collapsed knockdown cooker in a rectangular package.

Abstract: A barbecue grill is provided with a sliding damper for controlling the flow of combustion air into the grill. The damper is slidably mounted on the upper surface of a plate having an opening, and the damper is movable by a control rod which is secured to the damper and which extends to the outside of the grill.

Abstract: A lightweight, foldable, portable cooking implement having adjustable cooking and fire box work frames. A vertical frame is provided with a lower ground engaging end and a plurality of vertically spaced apart, forwardly opening, receptacles for removably engaging cooking and fire box frames. Lateral stabilizers, having lower ground engaging ends, are rotatably attached to each side of the vertical frame for adjustable disposition forwardly thereof.