US 12,239,256 B2
Outdoor cooking appliance control system
Paul J. Simon, Elizabethtown, KY (US); and Michael R. Giebel, Joplin, MO (US)
Assigned to WH PRODUCTS, LLC, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Halo Products Group, LLC, Elizabethtown, KY (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,708.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/171,927, filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322871 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 36/32 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A47J 37/07 (2006.01); G05D 23/24 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 36/321 (2018.08) [A23L 5/15 (2016.08); A47J 37/0704 (2013.01); G05D 23/24 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A47J 2202/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outdoor cooking appliance system associated with a manufacturer, comprising:
an outdoor cooking appliance head unit, said head unit including a heat generating system;
said heat generating system including one or more of a fuel supply assembly, a fan assembly, and a spark generating assembly;
an electronic controller fixedly connected to the head unit, said electronic controller having a human interface readout screen and a control input mechanism, said electronic controller hardwired to one or more of the fuel supply assembly, the fan assembly, and the spark generating assembly;
a wireless temperature probe wirelessly paired via Bluetooth to the electronic controller; and
a wireless monitor device dedicated to, and wirelessly paired via Bluetooth to, the wireless temperature probe, said wireless monitor device including a battery-operated display configured to indicate a numeric temperature measured by the wireless temperature probe,
wherein the electronic controller is configured to wirelessly connect to a smart device,
wherein the electronic controller is configured to wirelessly connect to an Internet accessible data source associated with the manufacturer, and
wherein, responsive to one or more of a temperature measurement and electronic information provided by one or more of the smart device, the Internet accessible data source, and the wireless temperature probe, the electronic controller is configured to control one or more of:
the operation of the fuel supply assembly,
the operation of the fan assembly, and
the operation of the spark generating assembly.