ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,336, issued on May 19.
"Ignition-based protocols for pellet grills" was invented by Brian C. Donnelly (Naperville, Ill.), Ryan P. Lundberg (Des Plaines, Ill.), Ethan Albrecht (Chicago), David Eckhardt (Oswego, Ill.) and Laasya P. Vadlamani (Wheeling, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pellet grills including a control system that implements, manages, and/or controls various ignition-based protocols are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a cooking chamber, a burn pot, an ignitor, and a controller. The ignitor extends into the burn pot and is configured to ignite pellet fuel located within the burn pot. The controller is confi...