US 12,478,213 B2
Grill system with smoke assembly
Christopher T. Martin, North Attleboro, MA (US); Christopher Smith, Newton, MA (US); Blake Hishmeh, Cambridge, MA (US); and Nicholas Chow, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,936.
Application 17/837,936 is a continuation of application No. 17/733,237, filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,129, filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0309746 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01); F24B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0786 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0754 (2013.01); F24B 3/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking assembly, comprising:
a housing including a base and a lid movably coupled to the base, the housing defining a hollow cooking chamber with a cooking surface therein configured to support food to be cooked;
at least one fan mounted to the lid and configured to circulate air in the hollow cooking chamber;
a heating element disposed within the housing adjacent to the cooking surface such that the heating element is configured to heat the cooking surface to conductively cook food on the cooking surface; and
a smoke chamber coupled to an exterior of the lid remote from the hollow cooking chamber, the smoke chamber being configured to generate smoke,
wherein the circulation of air in the hollow cooking chamber by the at least one fan causes smoke generated by the smoke chamber to be drawn into the hollow cooking chamber,
wherein the smoke chamber is configured to be active during a first cooking mode to generate smoke and is configured to be inactive during a second cooking mode using convection cooking, the at least one fan being configured to circulate heated air in the hollow cooking chamber to cook a food product during the second cooking mode.