ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,524, issued on May 13.
"Cooking apparatus" was invented by Robert Ledet (Montegut, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cooking apparatus configured as a grill-griddle having a body, a lid, a cooking grate, and a griddle are described. The grill-griddle may be arranged to have a combustion space within the body and an aperture in the cooking enclosure of the grill-griddle. The aperture may be on the side of the grill-griddle and allow one or more of the grill grate and the griddle to move in and out of the cooking enclosure. The grill-griddle configuration allows for the grill grate, the griddle, or both to move laterally through such ...