US 12,317,903 B2
Versatile warmer/smoker
Arnold Craig Marcum, Annapolis, MD (US)
Filed by Arnold Craig Marcum, Annapolis, MD (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/401,200.
Application 18/401,200 is a continuation of application No. 16/515,603, filed on Jul. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,856,962.
Prior Publication US 2024/0130382 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23B 4/052 (2006.01); A47J 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC A23B 4/052 (2013.01) [A47J 39/02 (2013.01); A47J 39/025 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A47J 2202/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for heating/smoking, the device comprising:
a base portion having a substantially solid planar surface with a central aperture;
a chamber having a top side attached to the base portion, and a bottom side having a central aperture larger than the central aperture of the base portion; and
stop walls positioned on a top side of the base portion to serve as stopping points for plates positions thereon;
wherein each of the stop walls is U-shaped and has a concave portion;
wherein the stop walls comprise three U-shaped stop walls, including a top stop wall and two side stop walls such that a serveware is slid onto the top side of the base portion from a side so that the concave portions of the two U-shaped side stop walls entrap opposite sides of the serveware and a first end of the serveware is entrapped by the concave portion of the U-shaped top stop wall;
wherein the base portion central aperture and the chamber bottom side central aperture have centers along a vertical axis of the device; and
wherein the chamber aperture is adapted to be placed upon a chimney output of a source for heat and/or smoke, wherein heat and/or smoke is directed through the chamber aperture, into the chamber, through the base aperture, and onto the base portion, to heat and/or smoke items placed thereon.