DE202011005319U1 - Device for preparing food - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for preparing food, with a fire chamber (2) for holding combustible material, preferably wood, with a cooking chamber (3) for holding food and with a chimney (6), these components being in gas connection with one another, characterized in that that the opening of the chimney (6) to the surroundings is so far in the horizontal direction from the remaining main components of the device, in particular the fire chamber (2) and cooking chamber (3), that weather-protected operation is possible by placing these remaining main components under weather protection , for example a roof, a screen or a tarpaulin, is possible and only the chimney (6) is partly not under the weather protection. Under the weather protection, there should be little or no smoke escaping from the chimney (6).

Description

The invention relates to a device for preparing food, with a fire chamber for receiving combustible material, preferably wood and / or charcoal, with a cooking chamber for receiving food and with a fireplace, wherein these components are in gas communication with each other.

Such food preparation devices are also commonly known as smoker grills. Such a smoker grill is in the US 6,200,533 B1 described in which a smoker grill next to a fire chamber has a cooking chamber and a fireplace, which communicate with each other via openings in gas connection. Fire chamber and cooking chamber are cylindrical, the fire chamber is smaller than the cooking chamber. Both have doors that are attached to multiple hinges. In the cooking chamber one or more grates can be inserted, on which food, preferably grilled food, can be placed. In the firebox also a rust can be inserted, on the wood and / or charcoal can be placed. Four downstanding supports attached to the chambers raise the cooking chamber to a height at which an operator can conveniently operate the grill while standing. Furthermore, there is the possibility that a certain mobility of the grill is made possible by attaching wheels to two or all four of the supports. Such a grill is used by a combustible material is ignited in the firebox. Through skillful air regulation through the door of the fire chamber or a ventilation device on this and an adjustable aperture on the fireplace, the heat of the fire can be regulated. Hot air and smoke penetrate into the cooking chamber via an opening between the fire chamber and the cooking chamber, enclosing the grilled food inside. The grill food is cooked, which can act through the heat control on the ventilation device to the firebox and the aperture on the fireplace different heat in the cooking chamber on the food to be grilled. The smoke passes through an opening in the upper part of the cooking chamber into the chimney and out of the cooking chamber. This creates a steady draft that pulls the smoke from the firebox through the cooking chamber.

Such smoker grills are usually used outdoors and have a largely vertically upwardly directed fireplace. If it rains, the use is severely limited, because the smoke rising from the chimney would accumulate under a protective canopy or the smoker grill and its operators would get wet. In any case, the barbecue pleasure would be severely limited.

The invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide an apparatus for the preparation of food, which allows the operation of a smoker grill under a protective against precipitation or extreme solar radiation roofing or tarpaulin, for example, a tent, umbrella or gazebo even in bad weather.

To achieve the above object, the invention provides a device for the preparation of food, in which a fireplace is arranged laterally or in the upper region of the cooking chamber, which does not extend completely vertically upwards, but over a wegführendes of the cooking chamber, obliquely upwards Element has. As a result, the part of the smoker grill to be operated can be placed under a roof or tarpaulin that protects against precipitation or extreme solar radiation, and only the chimney protrudes. The distance in the horizontal of the cooking chamber to the outlet opening of the chimney should be greater than half a meter in a preferred embodiment.

The opening of the fireplace to the environment is protected from the ingress of precipitate into the chimney in a preferred embodiment by a small spaced-apart roof, hereinafter referred fireplace cover. In order to maintain the draft, the distance to the pipe end of the chimney should be such that there is no backflow of the exiting smoke and gases. In a preferred embodiment and depending on the roof shape of this distance is about two to six times the chimney pipe diameter at the outlet.

Since a chimney with such an obliquely upwardly extending element always higher flow losses than a straight upwardly extending chimney, the chimney is fixed by means of a releasable connection, such as a flanging, to the cooking chamber in a preferred embodiment, so that the operating personnel in dependence weather and weather conditions can decide which fireplace to use.

Further advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the claims and from the following description in which an embodiment of the invention is explained with reference to the drawing. Showing:

1 a longitudinal section / schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of a device according to the invention

A preferred embodiment of a device according to the invention for preparing food, which is referred to below as smoker grill, is known in 1 shown in a longitudinal section or a schematic diagram. Of the Smoker Grill 1 has to operate a firebox 2 and a cooking chamber 3 on. It does not matter if the firebox 2 , as in 1 described, below the cooking chamber 3 is arranged or located next to this. Air enters through the ventilation system 2.1 in the firebox 2 A, is heated there and allows the combustion of the flammable material therein - preferably wood. To the deduction of in the fire chamber 2 Emerging smoke and heat leads to a connection, in 1 an angled connecting pipe 4 , from the top of the fire chamber side wall 2.2 to the cooking chamber floor 3.1 , Smoke and heat then flow through the cooking chamber 3 , possibly through one or more baffles 5 led to the in the barroom roof 3.3 attached fireplace 6 and are led through it into the open.

By means of the at the outlet of the fireplace 6 attached aperture 6.1 the draft and flow rate of smoke and heat can be regulated. The fireplace cover 6.2 should prevent the ingress of rainwater.

By obliquely, in a preferred embodiment at an angle of 15 to 60 degrees to the vertical element leading upwards 6.3 of the fireplace 6 should be achieved that the smoker grill 1 except for a part of the fireplace 6 Protected from the weather, for example, below a canopy or tarpaulin, can be set up. For this purpose, it is necessary that the leading into the environment outlet opening of the fireplace 6 in a horizontal direction, far enough away from the rest of the smoker grill 1 , in 1 this would be the left sidewall of the cooking chamber 3 , is removed. In a preferred embodiment, this distance should be about 0.5 to 1 meter. Because such a fireplace 6 higher flow losses and thus a poorer draft or throughput of heat will have, as a only vertically nachrich execution of such a fireplace, the fireplace should 6 preferably detachable, for example as in 1 shown by a flanging 6.4 with the cooking chamber roof 3.3 or the top of a cooking chamber sidewall 3.1 respectively. 3.2 be connected.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Smoker Grill

2

firebox

2.1

vent

2.2

Fire chamber sidewall

3

cooking chamber

3.1

Cooking chamber sidewall on the left

3.2

Cooking chamber sidewall on the right

3.3

Garkammerdach

3.4

Garkammerboden

4

connecting pipe

5

baffle

6

fireplace

6.1

cover

6.2

fireplace cover

6.3

obliquely upwards leading element

6.4

detachable connection / flanging

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• US 6200533 B1 [0002]

Claims (6)

Device for preparing food, with a fire chamber ( 2 ) for receiving combustible material, preferably wood, with a cooking chamber ( 3 ) for food and a fireplace ( 6 ), wherein these components are in gas communication with each other, characterized in that the opening of the chimney ( 6 ) so far in the horizontal direction of the remaining main components of the device, in particular fire chamber ( 2 ) and cooking chamber ( 3 ) is that a possible weather-protected operation by setting up these remaining main components under a weather protection, such as a canopy, a screen or a tarpaulin, is possible, and only the fireplace ( 6 ) partly not under the weather protection. Under the weather protection should be no or only slightly smoke coming out of the fireplace ( 6 ), accumulate. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the chimney ( 6 ) via an obliquely upward leading element ( 6.3 ). Device according to one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the obliquely upward leading element ( 6.3 ) of the fireplace ( 6 ) at a preferred angle α of 15 to 60 degrees. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the chimney ( 6 ) either with the cooking chamber roof ( 3.3 ), the cooking chamber side wall left ( 3.1 ) or the cooking chamber sidewall on the right ( 3.2 ) releasably, preferably by a flange, is connected, whereby the operation with a conventional fireplace is possible. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the chimney ( 6 ) via a chimney cover ( 6.2 ), which is to prevent ingress of rainwater. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the chimney ( 6 ) via a diaphragm ( 6.1 ) to regulate the free cross-section of the exiting fumes and gases.

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