US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Flat top gas grills including cooking engines configured for optimum heat distribution" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,475, issued on Sept. 1.

"Flat top gas grills including cooking engines configured for optimum heat distribution" was invented by Douglas W. Masek (Palatine, Ill.), Curtis P. Menning (Palatine, Ill.), Sebastian Szulakiewicz (Mount Prospect, Ill.) and David J. Dominguez (Elgin, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flat top gas grills including cooking engines configured for optimum heat distribution are disclosed. An example grill includes a cookbox, a heat shield, a griddle, and a plurality of burner tubes. The cookbox includes a bottom wall, as well as a front wall, a rear wall, a right sidewall, and a left sidewall extending upwardly...