US 12,082,741 B2
Charcoal grill, components, and system
Benjamin West, Boulder, CO (US); Miguel Christophy, San Francisco, CA (US); Craig Jacobson, Moraga, CA (US); Stephen Hibbs, Boulder, CO (US); Michael Chiasson, Lafayette, CO (US); Neville DeWitt Pierrat, Golden, CO (US); Jon Oxford, Albany, CA (US); Diego Horna, Boulder, CO (US); Maggie Venable, Lafayette, CO (US); Sean Meehan, Golden, CO (US); Lukas Railson, Longmont, CO (US); Michael Garver, Broomfield, CO (US); Dennis Mess, Aurora, CO (US); Rylan Miller, Frisco, CO (US); Kyle Jones, Longmont, CO (US); Jeff Wallingford, Boulder, CO (US); Jeremy Woolman, Longmont, CO (US); Tyler Edens, Broomfield, CO (US); and Lindsey Smith, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Char-Broil, LLC, Columbus, GA (US)
Filed by Char-Broil, LLC, Columbus, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/161,619.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,043, filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/968,957, filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235928 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0754 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0704 (2013.01); A47J 37/079 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charcoal-containing fuel block comprising:
a charcoal layer,
a flavor layer, and
a shape, when viewed along a center axis extending through and perpendicular to the charcoal layer and the flavor layer, that includes an aligning cut spanning between first side and a second side that are adjacent to each other;
wherein the aligning cut allows the fuel block to be placed in and aligned with a fuel pan having a corresponding aligning feature.