Abstract: A stove comprising a housing having a grill-covered top opening and one open side and means defining a combustion area internally of the housing below the grill.

Abstract: A smokestack including an elongated tube means having an open bottom end for receiving smoke emanating from a campfire and an open top end for releasing the smoke into the atmosphere, and a base for supporting the tube means with its open bottom end directly above the campfire and defining openings that provide physical and visual access thereto. The elongated tube comprises a plurality of tube sections distributed along a longitudinal axis and having ends joined to form a composite tube.

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 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: A water circulated grill having a fire bowl and a food supporting grill thereon the food supporting grill being made up of interconnected tubular members through which water is circulated to maintain the supporting grill surfaces cool while food thereon is heated by a heat source in the fire bowl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible camp stove and in particular to one comprising a folding casing having two side panels each provided at the inner surface with an upper rail and a lower rail and formed at the top with notches for supporting roasting rods, four leg members engageable with the bottom of the folding casing, two grips engageable with two sides of the folding casing, a grate disposed in the folding casing for supporting burning fuel within and above the inside bottom surface of the folding casing, a roasting frame adapted to be supported by the upper rails or the lower rails of the side panels of the folding casing for supporting food items at a predetermined height above the burning fuel, and a plurality of roasting rods adapted to be supported in the notches of the side panels of the folding casing.

Abstract: A cooking grid for a barbecue grill has a grid portion for cooking steaks and a griddle portion for cooking hamburger patties and small food products. The cooking grid is a cast metal member with the grid and griddle portions integrally formed therein. The grid portion has large rectangular openings and high porosity. The griddle portion consists of a section of support metal containing a plurality of smaller apertures, preferably circular, and having a lower porosity.

Abstract: A stove includes a housing having side-by-side chambers each of which may be alternately used either as a firebox or an oven. One chamber is located directly under a grill while the other chamber is located under a griddle so that the location of the fire can be selected to obtain the most advantageous heat-distribution for the type of cooking engaged in--but the arrangement is such that no matter which firebox location is selected, both the grill and the griddle are heated to some extent.

Abstract: Portable cooking apparatus including a support base, a support column and a grill member. The support column is pivotally attached to the support base for movement from a first position, adjacent the support base, to a second position extending upwardly from the support base. The grill member is selectively positionable on the support column and removable therefrom to allow the support column to assume the first position.

Abstract: A portable, knockdown field stove (10) is formed of a plurality of elongated plates (16a, 16b, 16c) interlocked by triangular notches (30, 32) defined therein. The plates tilt to be downwardly convergent toward the ground to support a portable heat source (14) and a utensil (2) above the ground on the plates. Ventilation for the heat source is established through the notches past the interlocked plates. Various other peripheral shapes for the stove (50, 68, 80) can also be formed.

Abstract: A cooking utensil intended, in particular, for use on an open fire on the ground comprises a wok-shaped metal dish, a handle releasably secured to the center of an upwardly-facing cooking surface of the metal dish and three legs releasably secured to the underside of the metal dish for supporting the metal dish on the ground in a cooking position. In another embodiment a second wok-shaped metal dish is provided upon which a fire can be built.

Abstract: A portable cooking apparatus is provided which comprises two or more substantially planar cooking structures, hinge means connecting the cooking structures, a plurality of legs capable of detachable affixment to said cooking structures, and a leg carrier assembly affixed to the cooking structures, wherein the leg carrier assembly includes at least two guide members, each of which contains at least one aperture of a size and shape sufficient to admit at least one of said legs, the guide members being affixed to a first cooking structure such that a leg may rest in the apertures of at least two guide members simultaneously, and at least two retaining elements, each retaining element being affixed to a cooking structure such that, when the cooking apparatus is collapsed, each retaining element at least partially opposes end-wise movement of a leg as the leg rests in the apertures of the guide members.

Abstract: A portable cooking grill has an annular frame with parallel bars spanning it. Each of the bars is attached at each end to opposite sides of the frame. Two U-shaped extension members are attached to selected parallel bars, for sliding motion thereon, and can be moved outwardly from beneath the frame to provide adjustable supports for the grill. These extension members may be supported on indigenous structures, such as stones. The extension members may also be spring biased toward the parallel bars to promote a compact stowage mode that does not require further packaging.

Abstract: An outdoor park grill of superior strength and resistance to wear, vandalism and deformation stress which is comprised of a firebox, and a grate which covers the firebox which is wholly adjustable. The adjustability of the grate is provided by attachment of the grate to a pair of spaced apart vertically oriented grate posts attached to the bottom of the firebox and extending upwardly out of the box and looping around to engage the back wall of the firebox. The grate extends over the firebox and is defined by a pair of spaced apart grate sidebars and front and rear bars extending between the side bars and a plurality of rack bars, with the grate bars having a front handle portion and a rear eyelet which slidably engages the grate posts and also dwells in a different plane than the rack bars to provide a combination of compression and tension in a truss-like arrangement when downward pressure is placed on the grate handles.

Abstract: An outdoor cooking grill has a U-shaped support stand comprising a horizontal carrier beam attached to the upper ends of vertical legs; first and second fire grills are suspended from the horizontal carrier beam and are held together by clip connectors so that food, such as meat, is retained between the grill members. First and second fire grates are provided on opposite sides of the grill with each fire grate having one side supported by brackets on the vertical post with the other side being supported by a movable grate connected at an opposite end to an anchor block resting on the ground. Movement of the anchor block toward or away from the grill serves to position the fire grate inwardly or outwardly with respect to the food on the grate to adjust the cooking rate.

Abstract: This fire starter unit includes a hollow body providing a combustion chamber and formed from identical panels having inwardly bent overlappingly interconnectible side margins. A wire grate disposed within the body is carried by the panels and provides a stiffener for the body. A carrying handle is attached to the overlapping side margins at one corner of the body and the body is configurated to retain a removable grill at the upper end.

Abstract: The improved charcoal starter features a tubular housing having upper and lower rims, the latter intended to rest in a barbecue type charcoal burner. A grate is pivoted along its edge to an intermediate portion of the housing and has a leg depending perpendicularly from the opposite edge for a distance equal to the distance between the grate pivot and the lower rim of the housing. A bail-like handle is detachably pivoted to the upper portion of the housing. When the housing is lowered by the handle into the charcoal burner, the burner first contacts the leg and causes the grate automatically to turn to its horizontal position ready to receive charcoal for igniting. Subsequently, when the housing is lifted by the handle, the grate automatically is tilted by gravity to dump the ignited charcoal into the burner. An added feature of the starter is that the handle doubles as a support for a cooking pot so that the starter may be used as a camp stove.

Abstract: This fire starter unit includes a hollow body providing a combustion chamber and formed from identical panels having inwardly bent overlappingly interconnectible side margins. A wire grate disposed within the body is carried by the panels and provides a stiffener for the body. A carrying handle is attached to the overlapping side margins at one corner of the body and the body is configurated to retain a removable grill at the upper end.

Abstract: A portable stove of the type fuelled from a replaceable pressurized combustible gas cartridge which is secured inside a cover member supporting a burner head and having means for connecting the burner head to the replaceable cartridge. A pair of covers, which telescopically fit one into the other have the dual function of serving separately as saucepans or in co-operation as an expandible housing for storing the stove, the covers being selectively telescopable to relatively greater or lesser extents, respectively to store the stove assembled or alternatively disassembled. The stove has arms which are shaped so as to provide, when the arms are extended, upstanding portions which are inscribed in a circle whose diameter is greater than the external diameters of the covers.

Abstract: A portable campfire grill employing three identical elongate members constructed of steel or like heat resistant material. Each of the elongate members has a pair of slots, one slot being formed adjacent each end and the respective slots being oriented in opposite directions. The slots have a depth half the width of the member so that when the elongate members are engaged by interengagement at the slots, the opposite surfaces of the elongate members are in coplanar relation thereby forming a triangular shaped grill structure having a flat surface. The slots have a dimension in a direction longitudinally of the members such that the members must be stressed to effect such interengagement so that the triangular structure formed by assembling the three members is retained in assembled, operative condition.

Abstract: A cooking stand and cooking stand assembly are provided which can be readily assembled and dismounted for use indoors or outdoors; the stand comprises an upstanding supporting frame including at least one pair of retaining bars including an upper bar and a lower bar defining a slot therebetween; and a support member having an upper cooking surface and including at least a pair of spaced apart retaining arms extending from one side of the support member and adapted to removably sit in the slot, whereby the support member is held in the frame to dispose the cooking surface horizontally.

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.