ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,928, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Gas Services Australia Pty Ltd. (Hendon, Australia).

"Barbecue arrangement" was invented by Craig Kennett (Hendon, Australia) and Vince Monsigneur (Hendon, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barbecue arrangement comprising a barbecue body having a cooking volume, one or more burners positioned to provide heat to the cooking volume; a gas source adapted to supply a gas to the one or more burners, and one or more control means to control the flow of gas from the gas source to the one or more burners producing a flame when the gas is ignited; a flame detection assembly, the flame detection...