Outdoor cooking unit with a pedestal stand
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1. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(b) a fire grate disposed in said firebox on which fire grate fuel is supported;
(c) a cooking grill disposed above said fire grate on which cooking grill food is supported; and
(d) a pedestal stand elongated in the upright direction for supporting said firebox above the ground at a convenient height for an operator, said pedestal stand including an upstanding elongated hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter,(e) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed generally entirely within said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand at said quadrilateral upper perimeter of said upstanding hollow member.
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An outdoor cooking unit in which a pedestal stand supports above the ground a firebox with an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration. Disposed within the firebox is a fire grate. A cooking grill is disposed above the fire grate. The pedestal stand includes a pillar having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration. The firebox is supported by the pillar of the pedestal stand.
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28 Claims
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1. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a fire grate disposed in said firebox on which fire grate fuel is supported; (c) a cooking grill disposed above said fire grate on which cooking grill food is supported; and (d) a pedestal stand elongated in the upright direction for supporting said firebox above the ground at a convenient height for an operator, said pedestal stand including an upstanding elongated hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (e) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed generally entirely within said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand at said quadrilateral upper perimeter of said upstanding hollow member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a fire grate disposed in said firebox on which fire grate fuel is supported; (c) a cooking grill disposed above said fire grate on which cooking grill food is supported; (d) a pedestal stand elongated in the upright direction for supporting said firebox above the ground at a convenient height for an operator, said pedestal stand including an upstanding elongated hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (e) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, (f) said upstanding member of said pedestal stand having a lower quadrilateral perimeter, said pedestal stand including a base having an upper quadrilateral perimeter; and (g) means securing said lower quadrilateral perimeter of said upstanding member of said pedestal stand to the upper quadrilateral perimeter of said base of said pedestal stand. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a fire grate disposed in said firebox on which fire grate fuel is supported; (c) a cooking grill disposed above said fire grate on which cooking grill food is supported; and (d) a pedestal stand for supporting said firebox, said pedestal stand including an upstanding hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (e) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, (f) said upstanding member of said pedestal stand being formed with air vents for combustion air from the atmosphere to enter said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being formed with air vents communicating with the air vents of said upstanding member of said pedestal stand for combustion air from the atmosphere to enter said firebox, (g) said firebox comprising a baffle disposed over said air vents formed in said firebox to inhibit soot or ash from escaping through said air vents formed in said firebox.
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12. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a fire grate disposed in said firebox on which fire grate fuel is supported; (c) a pedestal stand for supporting said firebox, said pedestal stand including an upstanding hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (d) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand; and (e) an oven supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand above said firebox.
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13. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a fire grate disposed in said firebox on which fire grate fuel is supported; (c) a pedestal stand for supporting said firebox, said pedestal stand including an upstanding hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (d) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, and (e) a wok supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand above said firebox.
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14. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a fire grate disposed in said firebox on which fire grate fuel is supported; (c) a cooking grill disposed above said fire grate on which cooking grill food is supported; (d) a pedestal stand for supporting said firebox, said pedestal stand including an upstanding hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter. (e) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, and (f) a hollow cover disposed on said upper quadrilateral perimeter of said upstanding member of said pedestal stand above said cooking grill to form a cooking chamber, said cover having a truncated pyramidal configuration and a lower quadrilateral perimeter dimensioned and configured to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, said cover being opened at its lower quadrilateral perimeter for communicating with said firebox, said cover including a plurality of panels, one of said panels having air vents for venting hot air in the cooking chamber to atmosphere, said cover including a pivotal closure mounted on said one panel for movement between the closing of said air vents in said one panel and the opening of said air vents in said one panel.
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15. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a hollow flexible liner disposed in said firebox; (c) a fire grate disposed in said flexible liner on which fire grate fuel is supported; (d) a cooking grill disposed above said fire grate on which cooking grill food is supported; and (e) a pedestal stand elongated in the upright direction for supporting said firebox above the ground at a convenient height for an operator, said pedestal stand including an upstanding elongated hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (f) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed generally entirely within said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand at said quadrilateral upper perimeter of said upstanding hollow member, said flexible liner having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration, said flexible liner being configured and dimensioned to seat within said firebox. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An outdoor cooking unit comprising;
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a hollow flexible liner disposed in said firebox; (c) a fire grate disposed in said flexible liner on which fire grate fuel is supported; (d) a cooking grill disposed above said fire grate on which cooking grill food is supported; (e) a pedestal stand elongated in the upright direction for supporting said firebox above the ground at a convenient height for an operator, said pedestal stand including an upstanding elongated hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (f) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, (g) said flexible liner having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration, said flexible liner being configured and dimensioned to seat within said firebox, (h) said upstanding member of said pedestal stand having a lower quadrilateral perimeter, said pedestal stand including a base having an upper quadrilateral perimeter; and means securing said lower quadrilateral perimeter of said upstanding member of said pedestal stand to the upper quadrilateral perimeter of said base of said pedestal stand. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a hollow flexible liner disposed in said firebox; (c) a fire grate disposed in said flexible liner on which fire grate fuel is supported; (d) a cooking grill disposed above said fire grate on which cooking grill food is supported; and (e) a pedestal stand for supporting said firebox, said pedestal stand including an upstanding hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (f) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, said flexible liner has an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration, said flexible liner being configured and dimensioned to seat within said firebox, (g) said upstanding member of said pedestal stand being formed with air vents for combustion air from the atmosphere to enter said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, (h) said firebox being formed with air vents communicating with the air vents of said upstanding member of said pedestal stand for combustion air from the atmosphere to enter said firebox, (i) said flexible liner being formed with air vents communicating with the air vents of said firebox for combustion air from the atmosphere to enter said flexible liner. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a hollow flexible liner disposed in said firebox; (c) a fire grate disposed in said flexible liner on which fire grate fuel is supported; (d) a pedestal stand for supporting said firebox, said pedestal stand including an upstanding hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (e) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, (f) said flexible liner having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration, said flexible liner (g) an oven supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand above said firebox.
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28. An outdoor cooking unit comprising:
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(a) a hollow firebox; (b) a hollow flexible liner disposed in said firebox; (c) a fire grate disposed in said flexible liner on which fire grate fuel is supported; (d) a pedestal stand for supporting said firebox, said pedestal stand including an upstanding hollow member having an inverted, truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (e) said firebox having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and a quadrilateral upper perimeter, (f) said firebox being disposed in said upstanding hollow member of said pedestal stand, said firebox being configured and dimensioned for the upper perimeter of said firebox to be supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand, said flexible liner has an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration, (g) said flexible liner being configured and dimensioned to seat within said firebox; and (h) a wok supported by said upstanding member of said pedestal stand above said firebox.
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