ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,941, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Traeger Pellet Grills LLC (Salt Lake City).
"Self-cleaning grilling devices" was invented by Michael V. Colston (Salt Lake City), Daniel A.C. Altenritter (Layton, Utah) and Daniel W. Sluder (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-cleaning solid fuel grilling device comprises a grilling cavity and a firepot disposed within the grilling cavity. In addition, the embodiment includes an evacuation cavity disposed beneath the firepot. The evacuation cavity is in communication with the grilling cavity."
The patent was filed on June 6, 2022, under Application No. 17/805,496.
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