Abstract: This invention relates to a cooking enhancement system for retarding excessive flame and creating a burst of spray to steam a product being cooked with an automatic means for distributing water onto an excessive flame activated by a photodetector that senses light from the excessive flame.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved barbecue grill having a means for retarding excessive flame. In combination with a portable barbecue grill that has a kettle, an automatic means for distributing water onto an excessive flame activated by a photodetector that senses light from the excessive flame.

Abstract: A housing apparatus is arranged for use in combination with a barbeque grill for mounting to a balcony structure of an existing dwelling. The structure includes mesh side walls and a floor to prevent air flow restriction directed to the medially positioned grill of the housing, with a housing hood pivotally mounted to the support housing to provide protection and prevent access to the grill structure by small children and the like.

Abstract: A cooking stove useful for all types of cooking, having a semi-conical outer housing and an inverted semi-conical firebox inserted therein. The firebox has a set of openings in its periphery towards the bottom portion thereof which the covered by a ring having similar openings which can be rotated to allow air to flow into the firebox or to prevent the flow of air into the firebox. The housing also has openings which allows air to flow into the area between the housing and the firebox. The interior of the firebox contains a fuel rack upon which fuel such as charcoal briquets or the like may be placed and ignited. The stove can be covered with a grill upon which food may be cooked, or other utensils may be placed on the stove such as wok, a Dutch oven, a steamer, etc.

Abstract: A method and system of enhancing the efficiency of barbecue grill systems which comprises the placement of an apparatus in a barbecue grill system above the bed which hold charcoal, but below the grill upon which food is placed for cooking. The apparatus is constructed from materials which are not subject to easy degradation by heat produced by burning charcoal and comprises a system of a frame into which are pivotally mounted a multiplicity of louvers, which louvers are divided into multiple separate groups. The louvers in each group are interconnected by a linkage mechanism which allows an operator to control the angle at which the louvers are set, said angle being continuously variable between verticle and essentially horizontal. The direct access of the heat produced by burning charcoal to the grill is, hence, subject to control by an operator. Such control allows optimizing the heat presented to food cooking on a grill, as well as allow the extinguishing of flare-ups.

Abstract: There is disclosed a portable space heater comprised of a base member, a cylindrically-shaped chimney member including means for removably inserting a fuel source therein mounted on the base member and defining therebetween inlet means for combustion air and a substantially planar lid member mounted on said cylindrically-shaped chimney member and defining therebetween an outlet means for combustion gases.

Abstract: An apparatus for liminting the environmental effects of a campfire includes a foldable, fireproof blanket for shielding a ground surface on which the campfire is to be built and a pouch for storing and transporting the blanket in its folded state. In using the apparatus, it is transported to the campfire site, and the blanket is removed, unfolded, and placed over the surface on which the campfire is to be built. After the campfire is extinguished, the remains are removed from the blanket and disposed of in an environmentally satisfactory disposal site. As a result, the ground surface is not marred by the heat or the remains of the campfire.

Abstract: A kit is disclosed which provides a novel way of extinguishing charcoal fires. The kit includes a flexible metal net, the net being of sufficient thickness and mesh size to hold burning charcoal briquets. The net has at least two handles along its periphery. The kit also includes a water resistant bag, and may also include a rigid container for supporting the bag in an upright position. When a charcoal fire is to be extinguished, the net is laid on the ground, and the charcoal briquets are dumped onto the net. The net is then raised, by its handles, so as to lift the pile of briquets from the ground. The net is immersed in the bag, the bag having been filled with water. After the briquets are extinguished, all but one of the handles of the net are released, and the charcoal briquets are allowed to fall into the bag. The open end of the bag may then be tied, and the bag can be easily discarded. The method described is neat and economical, and the kit can be used more than once.

Abstract: A barbecue burner device is substantially composed of an inner vessel formed with a bottom wall and enclosed side walls standing up from the bottom wall and opened at the top thereof for accommodating therein pieces of charcoal, said side walls providing a stepped face on the inside thereof, said inner vessel further having a ventilation hole formed in one of said side walls; food carrier means adapted to be placed on said stepped face of the inner vessel; an external vessel for receiving therein said inner vessel, said external vessel being formed with enclosed side walls opened at least at the top thereof and having a ventilation hole which is in alignment with the ventilation hole of said inner vessel when the latter is received in said external vessel, said external vessel having support means provided therein for supporting said inner vessel and positioning means provided therein for positioning said inner vessel with respect to said external vessel; heat-insulation means provided on the inner face of sa

Abstract: A kitchen range has a compartment containing a flame-retardant blanket disposed immediately below the heating elements. In one embodiment of the invention, an access opening to the compartment at the front of the range is normally covered by a hinged door. One end of the blanket is releasably secured to the interior of the hinged door. In the event of a fire occurring on one of the heating elements, the door may be opened to expose the blanket, which may be readily withdrawn and draped over the fire. Operating handles may be provided on the front end of the blanket to facilitate its withdrawal and manipulation in a manner protecting a user from the flames. In another embodiment of the invention, the compartment may include a pull-out drawer containing the blanket. The door or drawer may also be used to control a switch for cutting off an energy supply to the range when the door or drawer is opened.

Abstract: A portable cooking apparatus comprises a container having a lower end part to be heated, and a tunnel member arranged to receive at its upper end region the lower end part of the container and to receive at its lower end region a burner; the container and the tunnel member are so shaped that the container is movable from an elevated position where it rests with its lower end spaced above the burner to be heated by the burner flame, to a lower position where its lower end will extinguish the burner flame.The apparatus may also comprise a base pan to receive the lower end region of the tunnel member and provided with a handle which is movable from a lowered position where it acts as a carrying handle to a raised position where it acts to hold the tunnel member securely sandwiched between the base pan and the container.

Abstract: An indoor barbecue cooking device comprises a grill and a removeable oven cover so that the device can be used either as a barbecue grill or a barbecue oven. The device includes an electrically powered air blower which is selectively and automatically activated by either a thermostat or a photocell. When the device is used as a grill, the blower is automatically activated in response to the detection of an open flame by the photocell to blow the flame out so that the food is prevented from being burned. When the device is used as an oven, the blower is automatically activated by the thermostat when the selected temperature is exceeded, so that cooling air is blown into the oven to maintain the selected temperature.

Abstract: An outdoor barbecue grill which includes a kettle containing grill means on which to support foodstuffs to be cooked, a grate for burning coals, and usually an ash pan positioned below the grate. Means are provided to move the coal-bearing grate vertically to control the spacing between the grill and the grate and the flow of fresh air into the interior of the kettle, both of which affect the intensity of the heat that is applied to the foodstuff to be cooked. The same means actuates a snuffing device for extinguishing the coals altogether when the cooking is completed.

Abstract: A charcoal extinguisher that is portable and adapted to receive a quantity of glowing charcoals therein and to extinguish the flame thereof such that the same may be re-used, the device includes a triangular shaped member having a grating thereon for holding the coals until they extinguish.

Abstract: A self-extinguishing grill combination comprises an hibachi-type grill and a substantially air-tight pouch dimensioned to receive the grill with its charge of burning solid fuel. The pouch has an opening sized to pass the grill. The opening is provided with a substantially air-tight closure adjustable between open and closed positions. The grill with its charge of burning fuel is inserted into the pouch through the opening after which the opening is sealed with the closure, thereby sealing off the pouch interior and extinguishing the burning fuel.

Abstract: A fireplace utensil for use with a fireplace having a gas inlet pipe disposed in the bottom of the fireplace is disclosed which includes an elongated cover member and an elongated handle attached to said cover member, said fireplace utensil being adapted to be placed upon the gas inlet pipe to prevent particulate matter from entering and blocking the gas jets of the gas inlet pipe.

Abstract: A portable cooking unit of the type having dished fuel trays pivotally joined to a central frame for movement between raised fuel lighting positions and lowered cooking positions, and having removable grills comprises improved support means for supporting the grills releasably.Bails, which are attached to the fuel trays for supporting them in their lowered positions, have indented medial portions allowing a user's hand to be placed under them for moving the fuel trays to their raised positions when they are hot. The bails are movable between carrying positions for carrying the cooking unit and support positions for supporting the fuel trays when cooking, by means of inwardly facing extensions located at their extremities. The extensions fit rotatably in bores located in the fuel trays allowing the bails to be moved over camming surfaces into detents which retain them in their support positions.

Abstract: A self extinguishing fire pit designed to fit flush with or extend above a level surface consisting of three basic parts including a wall, a rim which fits about the top of the wall, and a lid which is adapted to fit into the rim which serves to extinguish any flame or fire which has been kindled within the wall. Other attachments and/or modifications are also described.

Abstract: A portable cooking unit for use with charcoal or similar fuel comprises dished fuel trays open at both ends and joined pivotally to a frame for movement between a raised substantially vertical portion, in which they are adjacent one another, and a lowered substantially horizontal cooking position. Perforate grills are positionable in grill support means located in the fuel trays to retain fuel in the fuel trays for lighting when the fuel trays are in their raised position, and to cook on when the fuel trays are in their lowered position. A top damper is positionable over the upper open end of the fuel trays when they are in their raised position to smother the fuel when cooking is finished.

Abstract: A portable charcoal burning grill comprising a first open top receptacle and a first cover therefor pivotally secured thereto and movable between open and closed positions and a second open top receptacle and second cover therefor pivotally secured thereto and pivotal between open and closed positions relative thereto, the second open top receptacle and the second cover therefor being mounted inside the first open top receptacle. A holding device is provided for holding the second cover in the open position when the first cover is also in the open position. A food holding grill is removably engaged with the second cover when the second cover is in the open position and extends over the second open top receptacle. A charcoal holding grid is provided in the second open top receptacle and adjusting means are provided for permitting an adjustment of the vertical spacing between the food holding grill and the charcoal holding grid.