Abstract: A burner appliance includes a burner assembly, a separate fuel tank, and a tube connecting the fuel tank and the burner assembly. A restrictor rod is positioned within the tube for minimizing fuel surge, enhancing generation of vaporized fuel, and reducing flame pulsation. The restrictor rod is part of a sealing valve which provides secondary shut-off of fuel in the event that the tube is disconnected from the burner assembly.

Abstract: A liquid fuel campstove is provided with a piezoelectric ignition system. The campstove includes a liquid fuel tank, a burner assembly having a fuel inlet and fuel outlet orifices, a generator tube which is connected to the fuel tank and extends adjacent the burner assembly, and a U-shaped venturi tube which extends from the generator to the fuel inlet of the burner assembly. A pilot tube is inserted into the venturi tube and extends to adjacent the fuel outlet orifices of the burner assembly. The electrode of the piezoelectric ignition system is positioned adjacent the end of the pilot tube.

Abstract: The present invention provides a portable camp stove and barbecue grill which includes both a propane-fueled barbecue grill and a propane-fueled camp stove within the same unit. The unit stores compactly within its own case for ease of transportation and opens to cooking positions whereby both barbecue grill and camp stove sections can be used simultaneously. A metal smoker plate is substituted for lava rock in the barbecue section to facilitate compact storage, and a storable heat shield is provided which in its operating position underlies the barbecue section to keep the supporting surface cool.

Abstract: The invention is a very lightweight pad or base for use with a small portable stove such as those used by backpackers or mountaineers. It provides a stable bearing surface when the stove is used on unstable surfaces such as snow or sand. The pad comprises an exterior frame which completely encloses a spider-like structure on which the stove rests. Preferably two legs of the spider have upstanding cleats to engage the base of the stove. A third leg has an attached spring which also engages the stove base to bias it firmly against the cleats and hold the stove in place. These legs are preferably spaced about 120.degree. apart. The spider may contain additional legs to increase strength and bearing surface. Since the cleats are of very low profile the pad is essentially planar and takes up little space in a backpack.

Abstract: A fuel-fired, forced draft water heater is provided with a specially designed burner structure and combustion product flow path that permit the heater to operate with improved fuel efficiency, lowered CO and NOx emissions, and an improved water heat input distribution along the vertical length of the heater. The water heater includes a vertically oriented tank with a vent plenum structure formed at the top end of the tank interior and having an outlet passage connectable to an external combustion product vent pipe. A submerged vertical burner tube extends downwardly from the vent plenum and has an open lower end extending into a submerged turn bowl disposed at the bottom end of the tank interior. Extending upwardly from the turn bowl within the tank interior are a plurality of vertical flue tubes that communicate the interiors of the turn bowl and the vent plenum.

Abstract: A connector assembly for delivering natural gas or propane from a fixed pipe having a shut-off valve to a moveable gas cooking appliance on casters is provided in which a swivel is coupled with a connector which in turn is coupled between the shut-off valve and the gas appliance. The swivel maintains its shape and physical characteristics at least up to 800.degree. F. temperature for at least ten minutes. The swivel has a first body member which has a first and second end. A nut is rotatably coupled to the first end of the first body member. The first body member is rotatable about a fixed first axis with respect to the nut which is coupled to the shut-off valve. The swivel has a second body member having a first and second end. The first end of the second body member is rotatably coupled to the second end of the first body member. The first end of the second body member is rotatable about a second axis which intersects the fixed first axis and is rotatable with respect to the fixed first axis.

Abstract: An improved folding burner apparatus which is characterized by three support legs, two of which legs are each provided with a compression leg fitting for pivotally mounting the support legs on a burner pipe in foldable relationship. Each of the leg fittings is further provided with a leg stop which contacts the burner pipe when the legs are deployed, to prevent the legs from folding excessively when the burner apparatus is oriented in functional configuration. The third leg is fixed to a leg collar which is rigidly attached to the burner pipe and serves to stabilize a gas inlet line which terminates inside the bottom area of the burner pipe.

Abstract: A multi-chambered barbecue grill having a main chamber, a cooking grill located in the main chamber, a fire source located in the main chamber below the cooking grill, an ash chamber attached to the main chamber below the fire source for catching ashes, and a reversible top chamber located above the main chamber, adapted for receiving the cooking grill in its reversed position. Various mechanisms are provided for raising and lowering the cooking grill to desired elevations above the fire source.

Abstract: A gas container connecting device for portable gas stove is related to a gas container connecting device, particularly to the kind which is used for portable gas stove either for outdoor or indoor activity. It utilizes a pair of claws formed on a connecting means to hold the rim portion commonly found on gas container, therefore, no additional support is required to hold the gas container, so that the gas container can be secured in open-ended position to facilitate the operation thereof.

Abstract: A portable cook stove and stand includes a ring supported by three legs with braces and struts extending between the legs. A burner plate is supported by bi-level brackets attached to the legs adjacent the ring. The burner plate includes a deflector pan in which is mounted a fuel jet in communication with a fuel tank. The burner plate is supported by the brackets at a predetermined distance below the ring such that the ring acts as a wind break for the flame.

Abstract: A spirit stove comprises a fuel container (14) having an opening (15) through which fuel can be poured to fill the container, and through which combustion by-products are exhausted during burning. The stove has a burner tube (23) placed above the opening and a flame spreader (39) situated above the burner tube. The flame spreader is pivotally mounted to the spirit stove and can be moved from a first position in which it covers the opening (24) of the burner tube to a second position in which a slot is created between the flame spreader and the burner tube which is large enough to admit an igniter to be inserted into the burner tube, the flame spreader in the last mentioned position still generally covering the opening of the burner tube to inhibit direct pouring of fuel down into the opening (15).

Abstract: An outdoor cooking unit in which an inverted, truncated pyramidal firebox is supported in nested relation on a truncated pyramidal support member. A bendable, disposable and non-combustible liner is disposed along the inner surfaces of the firebox and contoured to conform to the configuration of the interior of the firebox. In another embodiment of the present invention, an outdoor cooking unit comprises an inverted, truncated pyramidal firebox made of bendable, disposable and non-combustible sheet material that is supported in nested relation on a truncated, pyramidal support member. Optionally, the truncated, pyramidal support member can be made of bendable, disposable and non-combustible sheet material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a two stage venturi for a catalytic burner wherein a large exit aperture size and a small air entrainment opening are used to provide a low velocity, rich fuel/air mixture for the pre-heating process followed by a small exit aperture size and a large air entrainment opening to provide a high velocity, lean fuel/air mixture for the catalytic combustion process. Concentric rotating sleeves are used to vary the size of the exit apertures and the air entrainment openings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable trolley barbecue, which is built up to form a trolley barbecue with some table plates provided for allocation of certain articles thereon, and which is collapsed to become a portable configuration for carriage and storage. By way of two lateral curved frames arranged at both sides by slip joint to lock up the base of the oven at the time the component parts been arranged inside the base. The two curved frames are pushed outward to provide a respective handle for hands to push and pull, and for a table plate to place thereon. Four pieces of stands are collapsibly arranged at the four corners of the base of the oven, with one pair of the stands respectively connected with a wheel. A cover plate provided to cover the base of the oven at the time the oven is collapsed, is separated from the oven and connected with the four stands by releasable joints to provide a place below the base of the trolley barbecue for certain articles to arrange thereon.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus is fueled by a disposable propane tank which is supported by a regulator assembly below the casing of the cooking apparatus. The regulator assembly is attached to the bottom of the casing by a mounting bracket, and a burner assembly is mounted on the bottom of the casing inside of the casing. Fuel is conducted from the regulator assembly to the burner assembly by a venturi tube which extends through the bottom of the casing into the burner assembly.

Abstract: A burner assembly for an outdoor cooking device, and a method of assembly thereof, requiring no tools or fasteners are disclosed.

Abstract: A flueless, low nitrogen oxides emissions, low carbon monoxide emissions space heater having a fuel chamber with a fuel inlet and a fuel distributor. The fuel inlet generates a swirling fuel flow within the fuel chamber. A primary air inlet generates a counter-swirling primary airflow with respect to the swirling fuel flow in a primary air chamber. The fuel distributor discharges the swirling fuel flow into the counter-swirling primary airflow thus forming a fuel/air mixture. An ignitor ignites the fuel/air mixture. A combustion chamber is sealably secured to and in communication with the primary air chamber. The combustion chamber wall has a plurality of secondary air supply holes. An intermediate shell surrounds the combustion chamber wall and forms a space between the intermediate shell and the combustion chamber wall. A secondary air inlet is in communication with the space between the intermediate shell and the combustion chamber wall. An outer protective shell surrounds the intermediate shell.

Abstract: A portable field stove is adapted to assume a collapsed configuration for storage and a set-up configuration for supporting a utensil above a portable heat source. The stove includes self-locking features that wedge a bottom plate against a shoulder and against a front plate to lock the stove into the set-up configuration. The stove also includes cutouts, openings and holes which are arranged and configured to permit only the proper amount of air to flow into the stove and to direct that air so that it does not flow across the heat source. The cutouts, openings and holes are also arranged to establish an air flow pattern through the stove that efficiently uses the heat generated by the heat source. The stove can also be used in an inverted orientation.

Abstract: The container for use in precooked foods comprises a disposable container main body for containing precooked foods made of incombustible material and a disposable heater device made of incombustible material such as incombustible paper or aluminum, having a solid fuel, packaged integrally together with the container main body and capable of heating the main body. The container main body and the heater device are engaged to each other by fitting the protrusions on the main body into the lateral grooves in the heater device so that the main body can be supported at a raised position above the heater device. The container main body may include a cylindrical bellows portion that can vary the capacity of the container by expansion and compression.

Abstract: A portable cooking device having a centrally disposed burner, with utensil support members having short horizontal arms to hold small cooking utensils above the burner as well as having a shoulder configuration to hold a large pot. A removable annular retaining ring encircles the pot to prevent it from sliding. The burner has channels in the inner wall of the burner body to provide better burning of the fuel mixture.

Abstract: A single burner propane campstove is adapted to be mounted directly on a disposal propane bottle. The campstove includes a regulator assembly which is connected to the propane bottle. A burner assembly is supported by a reflector bowl, and the reflector bowl is supported at discrete points by a spider support bracket which is attached to the regulator assembly. An insulator pad between the burner assembly and the reflector bowl reduces heat conduction. A wind baffle surrounds the outer periphery of the reflector bowl and the space therefrom.

Abstract: Outdoorsman's stove is light, compact, efficient, stands securely, and provides excellent support for a pot. The windscreen is cup-shaped, embraces the burner, is large enough to define a substantial heating area on the bottom of the pot, and holds the pot support. The windscreen is held slightly elevated on divergent legs. When not in use, the legs, pot support and burner demount and can be stored within the windscreen.

Abstract: An improved gas cooker of the type having a housing, a burner supported in the housing, and a fixture for supplying gas to the burner, the gas burner having a plurality of apertures through which gas can be emitted for combustion in the form of a flame. The improvement comprises a thermal deflective body which is positioned apart from the burner and in the vicinity of the apertures so that the heat is deflected in a direction toward the object to be heated. Also provided is a dual purpose container which has dimensions selected so that the housing and burner can fit therein to be transported, and conversely so that said container can be positioned in the vicinity of the burner when the gas cooker is operative.

Abstract: A portable cooking, toasting, roasting, and carbonado heating device, profiled like a chest, has a heating compartment for cooking, toasting, roasting and carbonado barbecue preparation, and a portably structured oven in which the heating compartment is accommodated. The heating compartment in fact is a fuel source divided into two paths by a throttle valve control, one path feeding to a carbonado unit, the other path feeding to the cooking unit, complete with a throttle valve whereby the flow of the fuel gas is controlled. The portable oven is structured like a chest oven complete with a side lid on either side and an oven cover. The oven accommodates a roast coulisse and a terrace plus two grills wherein the heating unit is situated. The whole device is easily portable by hand, is compact sized, and offers a variety of options such as cooking, toasting, roasting and carbonado barbecuing.

Abstract: A portable stove assembly comprising a support member having a side wall which has at least one opening, a stove for burning liquid fuel which is located within the support member and which includes a fuel reservoir, and an air pressure assembly for pressurizing the fuel reservoir of the stove. The stove includes an inlet fixture for a closure cap and an air pressure assembly includes and elongated connecting tube with a cap at one end for engaging the inlet fixture on the stove and a gas fixture at the opposite end for receiving a portable air pump. The connecting tube is configured to extend through the opening of the support member when the cap is applied to the inlet fixture so that the gas fixture is located outside of the support member.

Abstract: The present invention comprises an easily moved about cooking unit having a heating assembly and a removable steamer assembly which is fitted to the top of the heating assembly. The heating assembly is provided with a replaceable tank of propane or other liquified gas and suitable heat controls. The steamer assembly comprises a steam producing pot with cover and a removable inner steaming pot to hold the shellfish out of the water while subjecting the shellfish to the steam.

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 portable cooking device comprising a housing having two cooking sections hinged together along a respective side wall whereby the sections may be disposed side by side with their open ends facing upwardly and displaceable to be juxtaposed with their open ends facing one another. Each section has a bottom wall, opposed side walls and opposed end walls. One of the cooking sections has a heat generating element secured therein beneath a heat transmitting support frame. The other concave section has a gas burner assembly supportable on the bottom wall thereof below a further heat transmitting support frame. The assembly has an open top end pan with a gas burner element disposed substantially centrally therein. A flame shield is disposed over the burner. A secondary heat deflection support plate maintains the pan spaced from the bottom wall and the side and end walls. The pan is also ventilated by vent openings provided in the side and end walls of the cooking section.

Abstract: A stove adapter for attachment to and use with a camping lantern includes a substantially cylindrical base member having an upper cooking surface and a plurality of extension arms pivotally attached to the base member. When opened radially outwardly, the extension arms provide an enlarged cooking surface for supporting, for example, a large skillet. When retracted inwardly, the bail of the lantern swings overhead to carry the lantern and the attached stove adapter. When opened, a first portion of each extension arm extends downwardly and engages the side of the cylindrical base member to support the arm in the plane of the cooking surface. When closed, the first portion extends upwardly to provide a stop for retaining cookware on the stove adapter. An over center spring collar is also provided to maintain the extension arms in both the open and closed positions and to retain the cookware on the cooking surface when the arms are retracted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible camp stove and in particular to one comprising a folding casing, two leg members engageable with the bottom of the foldable casing, two grips engageable with two sides of the foldable casing, a base plate disposed in the casing, a grate located in the casing, and two roasting frames placed on the top of the casing.

Abstract: A barbecue grill includes a bowl and a cover each having vents with the cover having a cover and the unit having the locking bar that locks with the gripping handle in a closed position. The locking bar has vent closures that close the vents in the bowl in a closed position. The bowl is supported by three U-shaped legs identical in construction that are secured to the bowl by fasteners and the fasteners provide support points for a fuel support grid within the bowl.

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 versatile cooker assembly includes a rectangular fire pan and a cover which may enclose the other parts of the assembly when they are packed for storage. These additional parts include a pair of supporting end plates and a pair of side plates in addition to a grill. Fasteners selectively hold the cover onto the fire pan, or the supporting end plates to the fire pan to mount it off the ground, with transverse ribs on the end plates providing support for the grill at different levels above the fire pan. The front and rear side plates fit tightly into recesses at the edges of the end plates to form a wind screen or a baking chamber; and the cover of the unit may partially or completely enclose the top of the assembly for smoking or baking purposes.

Abstract: The present invention is a collapsible, highly portable camp stove that is light in weight, can be used on fairly uneven surfaces, is strong and stable, can be put together and taken apart easily, has little bulk, and is easy to pack and carry.The stove consists of several simply-shaped frame members that are assembled around one or more standard burner units. The members are either flat or have simple shapes that have little bulk and, when assembled, provide a rigid, strong and stable structure with easily operated heating units. When disassembled, the parts can be wrapped in a pouch of flexible material and folded into a flat, relatively flexible configuration.

Abstract: An improvement in construction of a casing of a gas firing cooking apparatus which has elements, such as, a burner, control means for gas delivery to the burner, igniter, gas take-off head, etc., superposed on a removable gas cartridge and a surrounding casing with two chambers for separately receiving the superstructure and gas cartridge. An open end is provided at the bottom of the casing for easy access to the casing. A flexible springy member is disposed across the open end with one end thereof pivoted to the open end and other end thereof releasably fastened to the open end for clamping the gas cartridge against the gas take-off head to establish a gas-tight connection.

Abstract: A collapsable burner support apparatus having a vertically disposed hub member. The member having a flow conveying opening through its entire length, a plurality of leg members, each of the leg members including a lower foot portion resting on a support surface and an upper portion for supporting a container thereupon, at least two of the leg members rigidly attached to a collar member, the collar member rotatably connected to the hub member for rotating movement about a vertical axis between a support position and a storage position. The apparatus also has a burner means insertible into the opening of the support hub member for injecting gas upward through the upper opening of the support member and a gas supply means connectible between the gas burner means and a gas fuel source. There is also a means for supporting and maintaining a lighter for the apparatus.

Abstract: A portable stove for camping and the like has a housing of sheet metal, comprising a dish-shaped lid and a dish-shaped base with burners accommodated in the base, the lid and the base being formed from identical workpieces with front, rear and side walls of the lid having the same length and height dimensions as those of the base to reduce manufacturing costs. The lid and the base are each formed with a curled rim for reinforcement and to facilitate pivotal connection of the base to the lid by tabs projecting from the base and wrapped around the lid rim. Windshields are pivotally connected to the base by tabs projecting from the windshields and wrapped around the rim at the side walls of the base.

Abstract: A portable stove for supporting stove utensil and heating same with a fuel element, including a support plate, plural support legs pivotally mounted with the support plate for supporting the same, a fuel receptacle with the support plate for receiving the fuel element for heating the stove utensils and spacer members with the support plate for spacing the stove utensils a predetermined distance from the upper surface of the support plate for proper heating thereof.

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: A stove apparatus comprising a valve-burner assembly and a fuel container threaded together in direct connection, and a collapsable pot stand assembly which includes a windscreen for protecting the flame of the burner. The pot stand assembly, valve-burner assembly and fuel container fit for compact packaging within the pans used for cooking.

Abstract: A barbecue mountable in a wall recess as a folded unit having a thickness less than the corresponding dimension of the wall. The barbecue includes a cooking assembly and a sliding hinge mechanism which attaches the assembly to the wall and allows the assembly to be unfolded and moved away from the wall to a position of use. A carrier frame of the cooking assembly supports a removable fuel pan and is fitted with folding parts which carry a detachable rack above the pan.

Abstract: A collapsible back-packing stove for use with a Sierra-type cup is disclosed, which includes a container comprising a back portion, two opposite side portions of substantially equal size pivotally connected to the back portion, a bottom portion of substantially equal size to the back portion and pivotally connected to the back portion, and a top portion pivotally connected to the back portion. The top, back, front and side portions align to form an open-sided container with a plurality of vertically-spaced brackets within the container and pivotally secured to the back portion. The brackets are adapted to securely support a Sierra-type cup in a horizontal position during use, and pivot downwardly against the back portion when not in use or upon disassembly of the stove. The top portion provides a table surface and protects the cooking vessels from insects and falling debris, or it may be pivoted upwardly to allow access to the interior of the stove.

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 container for enclosing a portable stove either in a first fully assembled configuration having one height, or in a second partially dismantled configuration having a second lesser height, the container comprising two saucepans serving as covers and telescopable together to accomodate the stove having either said first or second height, the saucepans having two sets of selectable latch elements vertically spaced along their sidewalls to latch the saucepans at one of the selected heights, and the latch elements being supported on sidewalls which are so shaped that the saucepans can be telescoped together with the latch elements sliding freely between them without snagging on adjacent sidewalls.

Abstract: Three wire leg members are attached to a relatively small hub member and are movable between a folded position in which all three leg members are relatively together and an in use position in which the three leg members are substantially equally spaced apart and extend radially outwardly from the hub member. A gas burner unit is received within an upwardly directed recess formed in the hub member and includes an upwardly directed burner head. The wire leg members have lower portions restable on a support surface and upper portions providing a pan support at a level above the burner head. A flexible hose extends from the burner unit to a control valve and adaptor assembly attachable to the top of a can of butane gas. The control valve includes a knob and means controlled by rotation of the knob for moving a depressable member which is a part of an outlet valve built into the can, for both turning the gas flow on and off and regulating its flow rate.

Abstract: A burner of the air adjustment type using a liquid fuel includes a fuel chamber including a bottom wall, a peripheral side wall and at least one fuel gas opening on the top surface portion of the fuel chamber and a burner proper including a fuel chamber attachment, an inner gas chamber and a plurality of final gas openings arranged and distributed annularly on the ceiling wall of the gas chamber. The burner proper further includes variable air openings connected to the gas chamber, wherein an annular variable air passage surrounding the fuel chamber and being connected to the variable air openings at a position lower than the position of the fuel gas opening is formed between the inner face of the peripheral side wall of the gas chamber of the burner proper and the outer face of the peripheral side wall of the fuel chamber.

Abstract: A compact cooking stove including a combustion area partially surrounded by a wind screen having a side opening which faces the wind to direct air to the burning fuel. An exhaust opening is formed adjacent a cooking pan placed at the top of the wind screen so that hot exhaust gases from the burning fuel pass upwardly toward the pan. In a first embodiment heat is supplied by a generally cylindrical burner plate including a recessed, central portion forming an alcohol fuel dish surrounded by a fairly broad rim. A plurality of pot-supporting tabs project upwardly from circumferentially spaced points about the rim to support a cooking pan above the fuel dish and rim. Heat from the burning fuel imparted to the bottom of the pan is radiated to the rim of the burner plate to heat the fuel in the fuel dish in order to promote vaporization of the fuel which increases the heat generated by the stove.

Abstract: A stove frame adapter for heating articles above a heat container, eg. canned heat, is provided in the form of an annular frame having a plurality of opposed arms which bend upwardly to support an article above the heat container and one or more arms which bend downwardly in close clearance with the container to secure the stove frame adapter to same. The adapter has an opening therein aligned with the opening of the container to admit heat therethrough to the article.

Abstract: A portable apparatus is disclosed for warming food products which is powered by fuel, such as liquefied petroleum gas, from a fuel container having a valve at one end thereof and an annular rim at substantially the other end thereof, which fuel is to be initially ignited by a battery power source. The portable food warmer includes housing means having a chamber therein with a hot plate mounted across the housing means with the chamber closed by the hot plate and heater means mounted in the chamber for warming the hot plate. The heater means includes a burner extending in vertically spaced relationship below the hot plate for heating same, and regulator means operatively connected to the burner to control the volume of fuel flowing to the burner from the container, with coupling means for releasably connecting the regulator means to the valve of the container for operatively opening the valve to permit a flow of fuel to the regulator means.

Abstract: An improved table top grill which includes a modular fire grate configuration for holding heat retention material in a predetermined area, the fire grate configuration being easily removeable from the grill. Two sets of fire grate modules are provided along with a heating grate so that a dual-purpose grill is obtained, wherein both a grilling operation and a pot or pan cooking operation can be conducted simultaneously.