Smoke-diffusing accessory for electric barbecue

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10149573-B2
Application number	US-201515538134-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Priority date	Dec 23, 2014
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A smoke-diffusing accessory designed to function with a barbecue, the smoke-diffusing accessory forming a container that can contain smoke-generating materials, wherein the smoke-diffusing accessory includes a lid which engages with the container to form a closed enclosure, the lid including calibrated holes so as to regulate the supply of oxygen into the enclosure, and the smoke-diffusing accessory including a suspension system for vertically suspending the smoke-diffusing accessory in the barbecue such that the calibrated holes are oriented upwards.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A smoke-diffusing accessory adapted to work with a barbecue having an electrical resistor, the smoke-diffusing accessory forming a vessel that is adapted to contain smoke-generating materials, the smoke-diffusing accessory comprising a lid that engages with the vessel to form a closed enclosure, the lid including calibrated holes in order to regulate oxygen supply in the enclosure, and the smoke-diffusing accessory comprising a suspension system including two attachment points that cooperate with the electrical resistor to vertically suspend the vessel of the smoke-diffusing accessory in the barbecue so that the calibrated holes are oriented upwards.

2. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the suspension system is positioned on the lid.

3. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 2 , wherein the lid includes a handle and the attachment points of the suspension system are formed by two contact points positioned at a base of the handle for contacting the electrical resistor of the barbecue.

4. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 3 , wherein the contact points are provided in the form of recesses.

5. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the lid includes a protection device which rises above the lid and which fully covers the calibrated holes so as to prevent grease from penetrating the diffusion accessory.

6. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 1 , further comprising a bottom wall and a side wall surrounding the bottom wall, and the suspension system is positioned on the side wall.

7. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 6 , wherein the bottom wall, or the side wall, or both the bottom wall and the side wall, include openings adapted to regulate the oxygen supply inside the vessel.

8. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 6 , wherein the two attachment points are provided in the form of recesses in the side wall.

9. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the suspension system is configured to vertically suspend the vessel and the lid of the smoke-diffusing accessory below a cooking grill of the barbecue.

10. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the suspension system is configured to vertically suspend the smoke-diffusing accessory such that the vessel is positioned below the electrical resistor of the barbecue.

11. The smoke-diffusing accessory according to claim 10 , wherein the suspension system is configured to vertically suspend the smoke-diffusing accessory such that the lid is positioned above the electrical resistor of the barbecue.

12. A barbecue including a bowl, an angled electrical resistor, a cooking grill positioned above the angled electrical resistor and a smoke-diffusing accessory, the smoke-diffusing accessory comprising: a vessel that is adapted to contain smoke-generating materials therein and a lid that engages with the vessel to form a closed enclosure, the lid including calibrated holes in order to regulate oxygen supply in the enclosure, and the smoke-diffusing accessory further comprising a suspension system including two attachment points that cooperate with the angled electrical resistor, wherein the vessel of the smoke-diffusing accessory is suspended vertically by the two attachment points of the suspension system engaging with the angled electrical resistor so as to retain and suspend the smoke-diffusing accessory in a center of the bowl and such that the vessel is positioned below the cooking grill and in a middle of the angled electrical resistor, such that the calibrated holes of the lid are oriented upwards, and such that the angled electrical resistor surrounds at least in part a portion of the vessel of the smoke-diffusing accessory.

13. The barbecue according to claim 12 , wherein the two attachment points of the suspension system engage with the angled electrical resistor so as to position the lid of the smoke-diffusing accessory above the electrical resistor of the barbecue in the center of the bowl.

14. The barbecue according to claim 12 , wherein the smoke-diffusing accessory is suspended by mounting the smoke-diffusing accessory under stress against the angled electrical resistor such that a side wall of the smoke-diffusing accessory includes at least the two attachment points.

15. The barbecue according to claim 12 , further comprising a lid adapted to fully cover the bowl and wherein the lid of the barbecue includes openings positioned symmetrically in order to obtain uniform diffusion of smoke generated from the smoke-generating materials contained in the smoke-diffusing accessory.

16. The barbecue according to claim 12 , further comprising a reflector; the reflector being positionable in the bowl above the angled electrical resistor and below the cooking grill so as to obtain indirect cooking, or the reflector being removable so as to obtain direct cooking of the food.

17. The barbecue according to claim 16 , wherein the reflector is conical in shape and has an opening in its center for draining grease coming from food placed on the cooking grill, and the opening is sized such that the smoke-diffusing accessory can pass through the opening.

18. The barbecue according to claim 12 , wherein the bowl includes an opening in a bottom of the bowl in order to drain the cooking grease from the bowl and a grease-collecting vessel positioned facing the opening in the bottom.

19. The barbecue according to claim 12 , further comprising a protection device positioned on the cooking grill and above the smoke-diffusing accessory such that the grease does not flow into the diffusion accessory.

20. A barbecue comprising:
a bowl;
an electrical resistor;
a cooking grill positioned above the electrical resistor, and
a smoke-diffusing accessory, the smoke-diffusing accessory forming a vessel that is adapted to contain smoke-generating materials, the smoke-diffusing accessory comprising a lid that engages with the vessel to form a closed enclosure, the lid including calibrated holes in order to regulate oxygen supply in the enclosure, and the smoke-diffusing accessory comprising a suspension system that includes two attachment points that engage the electrical resistor such that the electrical resistor retains the vessel and is configured to vertically suspend the vessel of the smoke-diffusing accessory in the barbecue so that the calibrated holes are oriented upwards,
wherein the vessel of the smoke-diffusing accessory is suspended vertically by the suspension system and retained by the electrical resistor such that the vessel is positioned below the cooking grill, and such that the electrical resistor surrounds at least in part a portion of the vessel of the smoke-diffusing accessory.

21. The barbecue according to claim 20 , wherein the suspension system is configured to vertically suspend the smoke-diffusing accessory such that the vessel is positioned below the electrical resistor of the barbecue and such that the lid is positioned above the electrical resistor of the barbecue.

22. The barbecue according to claim 20 , wherein the lid includes a handle and the two attachment points are formed by contact points that are positioned at a base of the handle for contacting and engaging the electrical resistor of the barbecue.

23. The barbecue according to claim 20 , wherein the vessel is formed by a bottom wall and a side wall, and wherein the suspension system is positioned on

Assignees

• Seb Sa

Inventors

• Volatier Sébastien
• Letain François

Classifications

• A23B4/052

  Smoke generators {; Smoking apparatus} · CPC title

• A47J37/0709

  with electric heating elements · CPC title

• A47J37/0786

  Accessories · CPC title

• A47J37/0629 Primary

  with electric heating elements · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title