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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2023
Weber-stephen Products Llc, Palatine, IL (US);
John R. Ciccone, Itasca, IL (US);
Joshua Lee, Palatine, IL (US);
Douglas W. Masek, Palatine, IL (US);
Curtis P. Menning, Palatine, IL (US);
Mohammed Shoeb, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
Flat top gas grills including cooking engines configured for optimum heat distribution are disclosed. An example grill includes a cookbox, a griddle, and a plurality of burner tubes. The cookbox includes a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a right sidewall, and a left sidewall. The front wall, the rear wall, the right sidewall, and the left sidewall extend upwardly from the bottom wall. The cookbox further includes a plurality of air intake openings extending though the bottom wall. The griddle is disposed on or above the cookbox. The griddle includes a flat top cooking surface and an underside located opposite the flat top cooking surface. The burner tubes are disposed in the cookbox and located between the bottom wall of the cookbox and the underside of the griddle.