US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on March 3 for "Smoke functionality in electric grill-type appliance" (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,196, issued on March 3, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Smoke functionality in electric grill-type appliance" was invented by Christopher T. Martin (North Attleboro, Mass.), Christopher Smith (Newton, Mass.), John M. Steinmetz (Philadelphia) and Joshua D. Anthony (North Billerica, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking system includes a housing having a hollow interior, a heating element operable to heat to said hollow interior, a food support surface arranged within said hollow interior, and a combustible substrate module removably positionable in said housing. When positioned in the housing, the ...