Compact versatile portable cooker

• US 4,508,096 A
• Filed: 08/22/1983
• Issued: 04/02/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Walter T. Slattery
• Original Assignee: Walter T. Slattery
• Inventors: Slattery, Walter T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Larry
• Application Number:
  US06/525,561
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 126/9 R, 126/9 B, 126/26, 126/38
• US Class Current: 126/9.00R
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/205 collapsible
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/207 movable

Abstract

A versatile cooker assembly includes a rectangular fire pan and a cover which may enclose the other parts of the assembly when they are packed for storage. These additional parts include a pair of supporting end plates and a pair of side plates in addition to a grill. Fasteners selectively hold the cover onto the fire pan, or the supporting end plates to the fire pan to mount it off the ground, with transverse ribs on the end plates providing support for the grill at different levels above the fire pan. The front and rear side plates fit tightly into recesses at the edges of the end plates to form a wind screen or a baking chamber; and the cover of the unit may partially or completely enclose the top of the assembly for smoking or baking purposes.

Claims

1. A compact versatile portable cooker comprising:

a fire pan of rectangular configuration and having a bottom and four sides;

a cover;

a pair of supporting end plates, said end plates being small enough to fit into said fire pan;

an open rectangular grill member;

means for alternatively securing said cover or said end plates to said fire pan, to provide with said cover a closed container for containing and storing all of the parts of the portable cooker; and

to provide with said end plates a support for said grill above the fire pan and with the fire pan raised above the ground or other supporting surface; and

said end plates including means for supporting said grill member at several different cooking levels above said fire pan, and said end support plates further including inturned flanges for holding said front and rear side plates in place.

2. A compact versatile portable cooker comprising:

a fire pan;

a pair of supporting end plates, said end plates being small enough to fit into said fire pan for storage;

an open grill;

means for securing said end plates to said fire pan to provide with said end plates a support for said grill above the fire pan and with the fire pan raised above the ground or other supporting surface;

said end plates including means for supporting said grill member at several different cooking levels above said fire pan;

front and rear side plate means for shielding against wind and for enclosing the space above said fire pan and between said end plates;

said end support plates including inturned flanges for holding said front and rear side plates in place; and

a cover, said cover being dimensioned to fit over said end and side plates to form an oven;

whereby said cooker can be used for broiling, braking or smoking and can be stowed away within said fire pan and said cover.

3. A compact versatile portable cooker comprising:

a fire pan;

a pair of supporting end plates, said end plates being small enough to fit into said fire pan for storage;

an open grill;

means for securing said end plates to said fire pan to provide with said end plates a support for said grill above the fire pan and with the fire pan raised above the ground or other supporting surface; and

said end plates including means for supporting said grill member at several different cooking levels above said fire pan.

front and rear side plate means for shielding against wind and for enclosing the space above said fire pan and between said end plates;

a cover, said cover being dimensioned to fit over said end and side plates to form an oven; and

means for supporting said grill at a height more than four inches above the fire pan, and with at least an additional four inches of space to the top of the end and side plates, to facilitate smoking and baking operation;

whereby said cooker can be used for broiling, baking or smoking and can be stowed away within said fire pan and said cover.

4. A compact versatile portable cooker comprising:

a fire pan of rectangular configuration and having a bottom and four sides;

a cover;

a pair of supporting end plates, said end plates being small enough to fit into said fire pan;

an open rectangular grill member;

means for alternatively securing said cover or said end plates to said fire pan, to provide with said cover a closed container for containing and storing all of the parts of the portable cooker; and

to provide with said end plates a support for said grill above the fire pan and with the fire pan raised above the ground or other supporting surface;

said end plates including means for supporting said grill member at different cooking levels above said fire pan;

front and rear side plate means for shielding against wind and for enclosing the space above said fire pan and between said end plates;

said side plates and said grill being small enough to fit flat within said cover;

said cover being dimensioned to fit over said end and side plates to form an oven;

means for assembling said cooker with one end of each of said end support plates and one of the side edges of each of said side plates lying substantially in a single plane, to receive said cover for the smoking or cooking modes of operation; and

means for storing said end support plates and said side plates within said fire pan and said cover with the sides of said end plates and the sides of said side plates substantially overlying one another, and the ends of said end plates and the ends of said side plates substantially overlying one another;

whereby said cooker can be used for broiling, baking or smoking and can be stowed away within said fire pan and said cover.

5. A compact versatile portable cooker comprising:

a fire pan of rectangular configuration and having a bottom and four sides;

a cover;

a pair of supporting end plates, said end plates being small enough to fit into said fire pan;

an open rectangular grill member;

means for alternatively securing said cover or said end plates to said fire pan, to provide with said cover a closed container for containing and storing all of the parts of the portable cooker; and

to provide with said end plates a support for said grill above the fire pan and with the fire pan raised above the ground or other supporting surface;

said end plates including means for supporting said grill member at different cooking levels above said fire pan;

front and rear side plate means for shielding against wind and for enclosing the space above said fire pan and between said end plates;

said side plates and said grill being small enough to fit flat within said cover;

said cover being dimensioned to fit over said end and side plates to form an oven; and

said cooker including means for supporting said grill at a height more than four inches above the fire pan, and with at least an additional four inches of space to the top of the end and side plates, to facilitate smoking and baking operations;

whereby said cooker can be used for broiling, baking or smoking and can be stowed away within said fire pan and said cover.

6. A compact versatile portable cooker comprising:

a fire pan of rectangular configuration and having a bottom and four sides;

a cover;

7. a pair of supporting end plates, said end plates being small enough to fit into said fire pan;

an open rectangular grill member;

means for alternatively securing said cover or said end plates to said fire pan, to provide with said cover a closed container for containing and storing all of the parts of the portable cooker; and

to provide with said end plates a support for said grill above the fire pan and with the fire pan raised above the ground or other supporting surface;

said end plates including means for supporting said grill member at different cooking levels above said fire pan;

front and rear side plate means for shielding against wind and for enclosing the space above said fire pan and between said end plates;

said side plates and said grill being small enough to fit flat within said cover;

said cover being dimensioned to fit over said end and side plates to form an oven; and

said end support plates including inturned flanges for holding said front and rear side plates in place;

whereby said cooker can be used for broiling, baking or smoking and can be stowed away within said fire pan and said cover.