ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,140, issued on Aug. 11.
"Reverse flow combination cooking apparatus" was invented by Benjamin James Kellner (Shoreview, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination cooking apparatus that combines a reverse flow indirect-heat smoker with a pellet fuel heat grill in a single cooking chamber having a smoke tunnel, for smoke developed by the indirect smoker heat source on a first side of the cooking chamber to pass laterally to an opposing second side of the cooking chamber adjacent the pellet fuel heat source. A smokestack disposed on the second side communicates with the external environment, enabling reverse flow functionality ...