US2003234014A1PendingUtilityA1

Food cooker

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Priority: Jun 21, 2002Filed: Jun 19, 2003Published: Dec 25, 2003
Est. expiryJun 21, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Christian Fitzgerald
A47J 33/00
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Abstract

A method and apparatus for charcoal cooking of food utilizing a cook base and a removable cover mating with the cook base. The cooker has a substantially sealed interior cooking chamber for cooking food and an exterior portion with one charcoal heat source near the bottom of the cook base and another charcoal heat source on top of the removable cover, thereby separating the food and the fire.

Claims

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         1 . A charcoal-fired food cooker for cooking food comprising: 
 a cook base and a removable cover mating therewith, together defining an interior cooking chamber for cooking food;    the cook base including an external heat source comprising a first charcoal container for containing charcoal, the first charcoal container being positioned near a lower portion of the cook base; and    the removable cover including an external heat source comprising a second charcoal container for containing charcoal.    
     
     
         2 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the second charcoal container is positioned near a top portion of the removable cover.  
     
     
         3 . A charcoal fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the first charcoal container comprises an annular ledge fitted about the outside of the cook base.  
     
     
         4 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the cook base includes a floor and a food support for supporting food above the floor.  
     
     
         5 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 4  wherein the food support comprises a vertical post extending upwardly from the floor.  
     
     
         6 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 4  wherein the food support comprises a horizontal grate.  
     
     
         7 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 4  further comprising a removable drip pan positioned above the floor.  
     
     
         8 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the cook base and the removable cover together are substantially cylindrical.  
     
     
         9 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein at least one of the cook base and the removable cover is substantially dome-shaped.  
     
     
         10 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the cook base and the removable cover together are substantially egg-shaped.  
     
     
         11 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the second charcoal container comprises a concave depression formed in the removable cover.  
     
     
         12 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the first charcoal container is spaced above a bottom most portion of the cook base.  
     
     
         13 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the removable cover is substantially ellipsoid.  
     
     
         14 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the cook base and the removable cover are substantially frustoconical.  
     
     
         15 . A charcoal-fired food cooker as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the cook base and the removable cover are substantially parallelepiped.  
     
     
         16 . A cooker for cooking food comprising: 
 a cook base including walls defining an interior and exterior of the cook base,    a combustible heat source containment area substantially next to the exterior of the. cook base,    a food piece containment area in the interior portion of the cook base; and    a removable cover including a top and walls wherein the cover is able to be mated to the cook base.    
     
     
         17 . The food cooker of  claim 16  wherein the removable cover includes an exterior heat source containment area.  
     
     
         18 . The food cooker of  claim 16  wherein the cook base comprises a bottom further defining the interior and exterior of the cook base, the bottom having external legs extending downwardly for supporting the cook base.  
     
     
         19 . The food cooker of  claim 16  wherein a drip pan is removably placed on the interior portion of the bottom of the cook base.  
     
     
         20 . The food cooker of  claim 16  further comprising a food support post extending from the bottom of the cook base.  
     
     
         21 . The food cooker of  claim 16  further comprising at least one middle section having walls defining an interior and exterior portion and able to be mated to the cook base at one end and to the removable cover at the other end.  
     
     
         22 . The food cooker of  claim 16  wherein the middle section defines an interior food containment area.  
     
     
         23 . The food cooker of  claim 16  wherein at least a portion of the cooker is substantially cylindrical.  
     
     
         24 . The food cooker of  claim 16  wherein the cooker is substantially egg-shaped.  
     
     
         25 . The food cooker of  claim 16  wherein at least a portion of the cooker is substantially frustoconical.  
     
     
         26 . The food cooker of  claim 16  wherein at least a portion of the cooker is substantially dome-shaped.

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