US Patent Issued on July 7 for "Barbecue pit cooker system and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,739, issued on July 7.

"Barbecue pit cooker system and method" was invented by Aaron Franklin (Austin, Texas) and Stacy Franklin (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a firebox connected to the cook chamber, an exchange plate opening between the cook chamber and the firebox for fluid flow between the firebox and the cook chamber, a heat deflector connected to inside the cook chamber above the exchange plate opening, a smoke collector connected to the cook chamber opposite the firebox, for accumulation of fluid flow from the cook chamber, a smokestack connected to the smoke collector for expulsion of fluid flo...