US 11,690,476 B2
Direct-current solid-fuel grill
Michael Colston, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Daniel W. Sluder, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Daniel A. Altenritter, Riverton, UT (US)
Assigned to Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Appl. No. 15/733,638
Filed by Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/017337
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/157372, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/628,414, filed on Feb. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361115 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0704 (2013.01) [A47J 37/079 (2013.01); A47J 37/0754 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A direct-current solid-fuel grill comprising:
a direct-current power source;
a direct-current motor receiving power from the direct-current power source;
a solid-fuel grill component configured to be driven by the direct-current motor;
a heating element configured to provide a temperature reading when the heating element is not powered; and
a direct-current controller in communication with the heating element and the direct-current motor, wherein the direct-current controller is configured to:
provide a first signal to the direct-current motor causing the solid-fuel grill component to actuate at a first velocity;
provide a second signal to the direct-current motor causing the solid-fuel grill component to actuate at a second velocity;
provide a third signal to the heating element; and
terminate the third signal from the heating element and receive the temperature reading from the heating element when the third signal is terminated.