Spark Grills, Inc.

Char-Broil, LLC

Benjamin West

Bret Recor

Kenneth Young

Miguel C Christophy

Virosh Rangalla

Merric French

Steve Owen

Jack Knoebber

Craig Jacobson

Miguel Christophy

Stephen Hibbs

Michael Chiasson

Jon Oxford

Diego Horna

Maggie Venable

Sean Meehan

Lukas Railson

Michael Garver

Dennis Mess

Kyle Jones

Rylan Miller

Jeff Wallingford

Jeremy Woolman

Lindsey Smith

Tyler Edens

Neville DeWitt Pierrat

Grills and charcoal-containing fuel blocks are disclosed. A grill may include a housing at least partially defining a cooking chamber, a combustion chamber having a support surface configured to support a charcoal-containing fuel block, the combustion chamber may be fluidically and thermally connected to the cooking chamber, an igniter configured to heat a charcoal-containing fuel block positioned on the support surface, a stoke chamber positioned under and fluidically connected to the combustion chamber, stoke ducting having a first end fluidically connected to the stoke chamber and a second end fluidically connected to a stoke fan, the stoke fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the stoke chamber through the stoke ducting, cooling ducting fluidically connecting the cooking chamber to a cooling fan, and the cooling fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the cooking chamber through the cooling ducting.

Charcoal grill, components, and system

Cooking appliance fuel block

Various charcoal cartridges are provided herein, including a charcoal cartridge having a unitary charcoal slab and a combustible igniter layer extending across the unitary charcoal slab. In some instances, the charcoal cartridge may have a plurality of holes extending through the unitary charcoal slab and/or a flavor layer that includes wood chips.

Charcoal grill system and method for managing temperature within the same charcoal grill system

A method for managing temperature within a charcoal grill system includes: receiving a target grill temperature for a cooking chamber within the charcoal grill system; in response to receiving an ignition trigger, entering an ignition mode; during the ignition mode, activating an igniter within the charcoal grill system to ignite a charcoal cartridge arranged in a cartridge chamber within the charcoal grill system and activating a stoke fan coupled to the cartridge chamber to accelerate combustion of the charcoal cartridge; monitoring a temperature inside the charcoal grill system; in response to the temperature inside the charcoal grill system exceeding an ignition temperature, entering a temperature management mode; and during the temperature management mode, selectively activating the stoke fan and the cooling fan to maintain the cooking chamber at approximately the target grill temperature.

Cooking appliance

Cooking appliance control dial

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Boulder, CO, United States of America

Benjamin West