ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,942, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DANSONS US LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Dual mode solid fuel grilling appliance" was invented by Justin Johnson (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Perini Divya D. Valla Malla (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustion chamber sized to receive a quantity of solid fuel is in fluid communication with a cooking region of a grilling appliance. A control system is operable in at least a smoke mode and a temperature mode. When operated in the smoke mode, the control system operates a fuel delivery system and draft inducer in accordance with predetermined fuel and combustion air delivery schedule...