Cooking Apparatus and Heat Tent

摘要

A cooking apparatus is provided, comprising: a base and a lid; gas burners in the base; a grill for supporting food located above the burners; a gas supply line to the burners; a controller for controlling gas flow to the burners; an igniter to ignite the gas; and a heat tent located above one of the burners. The heat tent has an interior volume having an open side and a wall defining a top side opposite the open side. The top side has a peak extending away from the open side. The heat tent is movable to: a first position where the top side faces upward providing a shield for the burner from drippings falling from the food being cooked; and a second position where the top side faces downward and the open side face upward providing trough to hold wood chips for producing smoke for the food.

主权项

1. A cooking apparatus comprising:
a base and a lid forming two complimentary sections of a structure, such that when the base and lid are closed, a substantially horizontal cylindrical cooking chamber is defined within the base and lid; one or more gas burners fitted to sit within the base; a grill for supporting food fitted to sit above the one or more gas burners; and a heat tent located above a burner of the one or more gas burners, the heat tent shaped to have an interior volume having an open side and a wall defining a top side opposite the open side, wherein the top side is shaped to have a peak extending away from the open side, wherein the heat tent is movable to:
a first position where the top side faces upward providing a shield for the burner from drippings falling from food being cooked above the heat tent; anda second position where the top side faces downward and the open side face upward providing trough to hold wood chips for producing smoke for the food being cooked.