Inventors:
David M. Christensen - O'Fallon IL
John A. Hart - Sunset Hills MO
Wayne E. Thuenemann - New Baden IL
Assignee:
Empire Comfort Systems, Inc. - Belleville IL
International Classification:
A23L 100, A47J 3700, A47J 3706, A47J 3707, F24C 116
Abstract:
The present invention pertains to an outdoor cooker or barbeque that cooks food by providing direct or indirect heat from a heat source of the cooker to the food. The outdoor cooker has a gas or charcoal heat source that provides direct and indirect heat to foods supported on a cooking surface of the grill by operation of a plurality of parallel louvers between the heat source and grill that are moved between first, upright positions of the louvers that provide direct heating of the food and second, angled relative positions of the louvers that provide indirect heating of the food.