CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to cooking grills, and more particularly, to an improved device and method of use to cook, hold and smoke food products.

2. Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98

Several designs for grills have been designed in the past. None of them, however, include an insulated, temperature controlled case containing a rotisserie spit in a front segment separated by a burner producing a curtain of combustion byproducts that mix with smoke from smoldering organic material produced in a rear area.

Applicant believes that the closest reference corresponds to commercially available smoker-grill combinations. However, it differs from the present invention because the prior art devices either smoke food with heat under the food or cold smoke or grills that heat from below the food. In contrast, the present device provides for a flame behind the food that mixes with the organic smoke source so that the combustion products and smoke mix adjacent to the food and not under it.

Other patents describing the closest subject matter provide for a number of more or less complicated features that fail to solve the problem in an efficient and economical way. None of these patents suggest the novel features of the present invention.

A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification and title are provided as well for the purposes of complying with 37 CFR 1.72 and are not intended to be used for interpreting or limiting the scope of the claims.

Without limiting the scope of the invention, a brief summary of some of the claimed embodiments of the invention is set forth below. Additional details of the summarized embodiments of the invention and/or additional embodiments of the invention may be found in the detailed description of the invention below.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is one of the main objects of the present invention to provide a heated smoker that does not heat the food from below.

It is another object of this invention to provide a burner behind the food that combines a curtain of gas combustion byproducts with the smoke generated in a rear section of the oven box.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a smoker with a window allowing visualization of the food as it is being cooked and smoked.

It is yet another object of this invention to provide such a device that is inexpensive to manufacture and maintain while retaining its effectiveness.

Further objects of the invention will be brought out in the following part of the specification, wherein detailed description is for the purpose of fully disclosing the invention without placing limitations thereon.

These and other embodiments which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed hereto and forming a part hereof. However, for a better understanding of the invention, its advantages and objectives obtained by its use, reference can be made to the drawings which form a further part hereof and the accompanying descriptive matter, in which there are illustrated and described various embodiments of the invention.

