Gas grill compatible pizza oven

Abstract

A cooking oven is configured for use with a separate heat source such as a gas grill having one or more burners. The oven includes a housing defining an interior cooking area. A grill engaging element extends from the housing for supporting the housing on the grill over the heat source. The grill engaging element defines a passage leading to an opening in a bottom of the housing, permitting heated air to flow from the heat source into the interior of the oven. The oven has a door providing access to the interior cooking area, as well as a vent leading from a top of the housing. The cooking oven is configured to be located over burners of the grill for cooking food items.

1 . A cooking oven for use with separate heat source comprising: 
 a housing defining an interior cooking area and including a grill engaging portion, said grill engaging portion defining a pathway into said interior cooking area through which heated air may flow, said grill engaging portion configured to support said cooking oven over a heat source; and    at least one door providing access to said cooking area.    
   
   
       2 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said heat source comprises at least one burner of a gas grill and said grill engaging portion comprises a wall member defining an internal passage, said wall member configured to engage said gas grill and support said oven when said oven is placed thereon.  
   
   
       3 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 1  including a grate positioned between said pathway and said interior cooking area configured to diffuse heated air flowing through said pathway to said cooking area.  
   
   
       4 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 1  including at least one heat sink element.  
   
   
       5 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 4  wherein said heat sink element comprises at least one stone plate located in said interior cooking area.  
   
   
       6 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 5  wherein said housing has a pair of opposing sides, a front and a back, said door located at said front and including at least one stone plate located in said interior cooking area at said opposing sides and said back thereof.  
   
   
       7 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 1  including a vent, said vent defining a pathway leading from said cooking area generally opposite said pathway defined by said grill engaging portion.  
   
   
       8 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 7  wherein said vent comprises a stack connected at a first end to said housing and including a cap located at a second end thereof, said cap and vent having a plurality of aperture therein which are selectively alignable.  
   
   
       9 . A cooking oven configured for use with a grill having at least one heat generating element comprising: 
 a housing, said housing having at least one side, a top and a bottom, said housing having an opening in said bottom and an opening in said at least one side;    a duct element extending from said bottom of said housing, said duct element defining at least one air flow pathway therethrough leading to said opening in said bottom;    a door connected to said housing and movable between a first position in which it closes said opening in said at least one side and a second position in which access is provided to an interior of said housing through said opening;    a grate located in said housing over said opening in said bottom thereof; and    a vent leading from said top of said housing to a point exterior thereto.    
   
   
       10 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 9  wherein said duct element comprises a wall element defining an interior path leading to said housing, said wall defining at least one supporting surface configured to engage a surface of a grill when said oven is placed on said grill.  
   
   
       11 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 9  wherein said housing has four sides comprising a pair of opposing sides, a front and a back.  
   
   
       12 . The cooking oven in accordance with  claim 10  including at least one aperture provided in said wall element permitting air to flow from a point exterior to said grill engaging element to said path and through said duct into said interior of said housing.