US 7,320,278 B2 | ||
Convection based cooking apparatus with improved draft chimney | ||
Jimmy A. Sikes, Vidalia, Ga. (US) | ||
Assigned to Sikes Cookers and Grills, Inc., Vidalia, Ga. (US) | ||
Filed on Sep. 22, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/947,117. | ||
Application 09/329690 is a division of application No. 09/083416, filed on May 22, 1998, granted, now 6,038,964, filed on Mar. 21, 2000. | ||
Application 10/947117 is a continuation of application No. 09/677164, filed on Oct. 02, 2000, granted, now 6,813,995, filed on Nov. 09, 2004. | ||
Application 09/677164 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/329690, filed on Jun. 10, 1999, granted, now 6,143,341, filed on Nov. 07, 2000. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/061042, filed on Sep. 26, 1997. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0098167 A1, May 12, 2005 | ||
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 99—447 [99/450; 99/473; 99/474; 99/481] | 8 Claims |
8. A cooking apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having surfaces that define a cabinet interior;
a reservoir for holding a liquid material;
a heating chamber located within the cabinet interior and including an air inlet;
an indirect cooking chamber located within the cabinet interior and having a substantially horizontal displacement from the
heating chamber and including at least three vertically oriented surfaces;
a multi-walled baffle positioned between the heating chamber and cooking chamber wherein at least one wall of the multi-walled
baffle is integral with the reservoir;
an air outlet defined by at least one surface of the indirect cooking chamber; and
an air flow path from the air inlet to the air outlet that passes through the indirect cooking chamber.
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