Barbeque grill

Abstract

A portable barbeque has opposed fuel trays that are rotatably attached to a base at their inner ends. The fuel trays rotate between an open position where fuel can be burned in them to cook food on grills supported above them, and a closed position where their upper edges abut one another and fuel in the trays is lit and is extinguished. Located in each fuel tray is a grill bracket which carries the grills at various distances above the fuel in the fuel trays. The grill bracket includes a base which is removably attached to the fuel tray and a pair of upright supports which extend outwardly from opposed ends of the base. A plurality of slots located in the supports carry the grill.

1 . A portable barbeque having opposed fuel trays with grills releasably supported above them, comprising a grill bracket having: 
 (a) a base which is releasably attached to said fuel tray;    (b) a pair of upright supports which extend outwardly from opposed ends of said base;    (c) a plurality of aligned slots located in said supports which are arranged to receive a grill; wherein    (d) said base and said supports are a single unitary element one of which is attached to each of said fuel trays.    
   
   
       2 . The barbeque of  claim 1  wherein said grill bracket includes a plurality of fuel stops which extend outwardly from said base between said supports.  
   
   
       3 . The barbeque of  claim 1  wherein said grill bracket includes fuel blocks which extend sideways from at least one of said supports away from said base.  
   
   
       4 . The barbeque of  claim 1  wherein said slots have depths, and said depths become progressively greater from an outside end to an inside end of said supports.  
   
   
       5 . The barbeque of  claim 4  wherein each said slot is defined by a top face and a bottom face and the depth of said top face is less than the depth of said bottom face.  
   
   
       6 . The barbeque of  claim 5  wherein there is an inner most slot and the difference between the depths of the top and bottom faces is greater for such inner most slot than it is for the remainder of the slots.  
   
   
       7 . The barbeque of  claim 6  wherein the depth of the bottom face of such inner most slot is at least 15% greater than the depth of the associated top face.  
   
   
       8 . The barbeque of  claim 6  wherein the depth of the bottom face of such inner most slot is 50% greater than the depth of the associated top face.  
   
   
       9 . The barbeque of  claim 1  including a fence which is releasably attached to said fuel tray intermediate its ends, said fence having a plurality of fuel stops which extend into said fuel tray.  
   
   
       10 . The barbeque of  claim 1  including a grill which is receivable by said grill brackets, a substantial portion of said grill having a solid cooking surface and a substantial portion of said grill having a cooking surface with a plurality of openings.  
   
   
       11 . The barbeque of  claim 1  further comprising: 
 (a) a grill which is receivable in said grill bracket;    (b) a handle having a pair of fingers that are configured to fit around said grill to facilitate installing and removing said grill in said grill bracket; wherein    (c) said grill includes a raised boss on an outer edge thereof which allows said handle to be removed from said grill without pulling said grill out of said grill bracket, by placing said fingers alongside of said boss and rotating said handle against said boss to remove it from said grill.    
   
   
       12 . A grill support bracket for a barbeque comprising: 
 (a) an upright support having a plurality of slots defined therein which releasably receive a grill; and    (b) said slots have depths, said depths becoming progressively greater moving from an outer end of said support toward an inner end of said support.    
   
   
       13 . The grill support bracket of  claim 12  wherein each said slot is defined by a top face and a bottom face, and the depth of said top face is less than the depth of said bottom face.  
   
   
       14 . The support bracket of  claim 13  wherein there is an inner most slot and the difference between the depths of the top and bottom faces is greater for said inner most slot than it is for the remainder of the slots.  
   
   
       15 . The grill support bracket of  claim 14  wherein the depth of the bottom face of said inner most slot is at least 15% greater than the depth of the associated top face.  
   
   
       16 . The grill support bracket of  claim 14  wherein the depth of the bottom face of said inner most slot is 50% greater than the depth of the associated top face.  
   
   
       17 . A portable barbeque having opposed trays which hold fuel comprising fences which are releasably attachable to said fuel trays intermediate its ends, said fences having a plurality of fuel stops which extend outwardly therefrom.  
   
   
       18 . A grill for a portable barbeque comprising a cooking surface wherein a substantial portion of said cooking surface is solid and a substantial portion of said cooking surface has a plurality of openings.  
   
   
       19 . A removal system for a portable barbeque comprising: 
 (a) a grill which is receivable in a grill bracket located in said barbeque;    (b) a handle having a pair of fingers that are configured to fit on opposed sides of said grill to facilitate installing and removing said grill and said grill brackets; wherein    (c) said grill includes a raised boss on an outer edge thereof which allows said handle to be removed from said grill without pulling said grill out of said grill bracket by placing said fingers alongside of said boss and rotating said handle against said boss to remove it from said grill.