US 12,290,206 B2
Pizza oven assembly for drum smoker
Michael Gregory Wisniewski, North East, PA (US)
Assigned to Weber Knapp Company, Jamestown, NY (US)
Filed by Weber Knapp Company, Jamestown, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/192,007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279963 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0658 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0664 (2013.01); A47J 37/0763 (2013.01); A47J 37/0786 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pizza oven assembly, comprising:
a base comprising a lateral wall forming a top;
a cooking plate arranged on the top;
a hinge assembly operatively arranged to hingedly connect an enclosure assembly to the base, the hinge assembly having;
a bracket fixedly secured to the base and having a plurality of apertures;
a lever fixedly secured to the enclosure assembly, the lever being rotatably connected to bracket; and,
at least one spring connecting to the bracket and the lever and imparting a biasing force on the lever in a first circumferential direction, the spring being connected to the bracket via a tensioner pin, the tensioner pin engaged with one of the plurality of apertures, the biasing force being adjustable based on which aperture of the plurality of apertures the tensioner pin is engaged with; and,
a basket assembly:
operatively arranged to hold an energy source to be burned;
including at least one hook arranged to removably connect the basket assembly to the base; and,
arranged within the lateral wall beneath the cooking plate.