US20070221192A1

US20070221192A1 - Barbecue stove

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Publication number: US20070221192A1
Application number: US11/388,961
Authority: US
Inventors: Kiosky Chung
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-03-24
Filing date: 2006-03-24
Publication date: 2007-09-27

Abstract

A barbecue stove includes a plate and a plurality of burning units installed below the plate. Each of the burning units includes a tubular distributor and a plurality of burners. The tubular distributor includes a plurality of pipes formed thereon. Each of the burners includes a neck positioned around related one of the pipes and a plurality of vents evenly defined in a periphery thereof.

Description

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a barbecue stove.
2. Related Prior Art
For a large barbecue party in which a lot of people take part and a lot of food is cooked, a barbecue stove is typically operated on gas for the speed and convenience of the barbecuing of the food and the ignition of the gas. Such a barbecue stove includes a plate and a plurality of burners for providing heat to the plate that in turn heats food. Such a burner includes several co-centric groups of vents. In each group, the vents are arranged along a circle. However, teat accumulates in areas of the plate near the burners instead of spreading over the entire plate. It often happens that some food is overdone while some other food is too raw to be eaten.
Referring to FIG. 5, there is shown a conventional barbecue stove with a plate 50 and a plurality of pipes 60 positioned below the plate 50. Each pipe 60 includes a plurality of vents 65. Gas leaves the pipes 60 through the vents 65 burns in order to provide heat to the plate 50. This conventional barbecue stove includes a special form and is therefore limited to commercial barbecuing. The need for this conventional barbecue stove is low, and the cost is high. Moreover, although spreading heat evener than the domestic barbecue stove, this conventional barbecue stove is still not able to spread heat adequately even. Hence, the quality of food is inconsistent. Moreover, the life of this conventional barbecue stove might be short because the plate might easily be damaged due to thermal stress.
The present invention is therefore intended to obviate or at least alleviate the problems encountered in prior art.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

It is an objective of the present invention to provide a barbecue stove that provides a consistent quality of food.
It is another objective of the present invention to provide an enduring barbecue stove.
It is still another objective of the present invention to provide an inexpensive easy-to-assemble barbecue stove.
According to the present invention, a barbecue stove includes a plate and a plurality of burning units installed below the plate. Each of the burning units includes a tubular distributor and a plurality of burners. The tubular distributor includes a plurality of pipes formed thereon. Each of the burners includes a neck positioned around related one of the pipes and a plurality of vents evenly defined in a periphery thereof.
Other objectives, advantages and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description referring to the attached drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The present invention will be described through detailed illustration of the preferred embodiment referring to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a top view of barbecue stove according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a burning unit of the barbecue stove shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the burning unit shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the burning unit shown in FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a top view of a conventional barbecue stove.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a barbecue stove according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The barbecue stove includes a plate 40 and a plurality of burning units positioned below the plate 40. By means of burning gas, the burning units provide heat to the plate 40 which in turn heats food.
Referring to FIGS. 2 through 4, each burning unit includes a tubular distributor 10 and a plurality of burners 30 positioned on the tubular distributor 10. The tubular distributor 10 includes two closed ends 11 and 12. A plurality of pipes 15 is evenly installed on the tubular distributor 10. The closed ends 11 and 12 are attached to a frame of the barbecue stove. The tubular distributor 10 is connected to a gas tank through a tube 20. Therefore, gas can go to the tubular distributor 10 from such a gas tank through the tube 20. Such gas is evenly distributed in the tubular distributor 10 and to the pipes 15.
Each burner 30 includes a neck 31 installed around a related pipe 15 and a plurality of vents 35 evenly defined in the periphery thereof. Such gas is evenly distributed in each burner 30 and to the vents 35. The burners 30 are like any ordinary burners.
Referring to FIG. 4 again, when the burning units are installed below the plate 40, the burners 30 of a burning unit and the burners 30 of an adjacent burning unit are positioned in an alternate manner in order to evenly provide heat to the plate 40.
The barbecue stove of the present invention exhibits advantages over the conventional barbecue stove discussed in RELATED PRIOR ART. It provides heat to the plate more evenly than its conventional counterpart. Hence, it provides a more consistent quality of food than its conventional counterpart. Furthermore, it causes less thermal stress in the plate and results in a longer life than its conventional counterpart. It uses burners like any ordinary burner and therefore costs less than its conventional counter part that uses special burning units.
The present invention has been described through the illustration of the preferred embodiment. Those skilled in the art can derive variations from the preferred embodiment without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the preferred embodiment shall not limit the scope of the present invention defined in the claims.

Claims

1. A barbecue stove comprising a plate and a plurality of burning units below the plate, wherein each of the burning units comprises

a tubular distributor with a plurality of pipes formed thereon; and

a plurality of burners each comprising a neck positioned around related one of the pipes and a plurality of vents evenly defined in a periphery thereof.

2. The barbecue stove according to claim 1 wherein the tubular distributor comprises two closed ends attached to points thereof.

3. The barbecue stove according to claim 1 wherein the burners of each of the burning units and the burners of adjacent one of the burning units are positioned in an alternate manner.