US 12,419,461 B2
Cooking system including wind guard device and method thereof
Gary E. Graham, Hyde Park, UT (US); James C. Bush, III, Providence, UT (US); Jared M. Smith, Paradise, UT (US); and Alexander J. Christensen, Logan, UT (US)
Assigned to North Atlantic Imports, LLC, Logan, UT (US)
Filed by North Atlantic Imports, LLC, Logan, UT (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,628.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,485, filed on May 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386813 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0786 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0704 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system configured to minimize cross-winds while cooking a food product, the cooking system comprising:
a cooking station having a main body extending from an upper side toward a lower side to define a front side, a rear side, a left side and a right side, the cooking station having one or more flame burners supported by the main body;
a griddle extending to define a cooking surface and an oppositely facing underside surface, the underside surface including griddle legs extending therefrom, the underside surface extending to define a front periphery, a rear periphery, a left periphery and a right periphery, the front periphery extending parallel relative to the rear periphery, the left periphery extending parallel relative to the right periphery; and
a wind guard extending to define a barrier portion and an engaging portion, the engaging portion being coupled to at least two of the griddle legs such that, upon the griddle being positioned over the main body and the one or more flame burners, the barrier portion of the wind guard extends to at least partially block a gap between the underside surface of the griddle and the upper side of the main body.