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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Willie H Best, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ; F24C / ; F24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219411 ; 219399 ; 126 / ; 126 / ;
Abstract
A cooking apparatus (10) having a body (13) defining a chamber (23), includes a heating assembly (31) mounted within the chamber (23). The heating assembly (31) includes a burner (32) and an infrared radiant energy emitter (33) positioned above burner (32). The emitter (33) absorbs energy from the burner (32) and emits infrared radiant energy. The infrared radiant energy is directed at and is used to cook food supported on a cooking grid (70) above the infrared radiant energy emitter (33).