Grilling set and grill
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing grill attachment sets for gas cookers, particularly camping gas cookers, suffer from uneven temperature distribution, leading to rapid cooking or burning of food, which is undesirable for gentle grilling.
Innovation Solution
A grill attachment set with a movable, rotatable flame protection device that can be switched between a baking position and a grilling position, allowing for controlled temperature distribution by deflecting flames and hot air to prevent direct heat exposure to the food support, thereby ensuring even and adjustable heat.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If a fixed flame guard is used to deflect flames laterally, then temperature homogeneity is improved, but adaptability for different cooking modes (grilling vs. baking) deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The flame guard is made rotatable about a horizontal axis, transforming it from a static component to a dynamic one. This allows the flame guard to be repositioned between a baking position (deflecting flames laterally for even heating) and a grilling position (allowing more direct heat exposure), thereby providing adaptability for different cooking modes while maintaining temperature control
Solution Approach 2:
The flame guard is divided into functionally distinct elements: a base element for flame deflection and a collar element for guiding hot air flow. This segmentation allows each element to perform its specific function optimally while the entire assembly can be repositioned to accommodate different cooking requirements
2Object-affected harmful factors
If flames are deflected laterally by the flame guard, then direct heat exposure to food is reduced preventing burning, but cooking speed deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable flame guard enables dynamic adjustment between protective deflection mode (preventing burning) and more direct heating mode (increasing cooking speed). Users can switch between baking and grilling positions depending on the cooking requirements, optimizing both food safety and cooking efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
By changing the orientation parameter of the flame guard (rotating it between positions), the system adjusts the degree of flame deflection and hot air flow direction. This parameter change allows optimization of the balance between preventing food burning and maintaining adequate cooking speed for different culinary applications
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables gentle and controlled cooking by preventing hot spots and allowing for higher grilling temperatures when needed, reducing the risk of food burning and providing uniform heat distribution within the grill attachment set.
Implementation Method 1
The flame guard serves to deflect flames rising vertically upwards from the combustion unit laterally and thus dampen the heat generated by the combustion unit in the interior of the housing or to distribute the supplied heat energy evenly within the interior of the housing
Implementation Method 2
The hot air generated by the flames must then first flow around the flame guard before rising laterally within the housing and finally reaching the cooking tray and the food on it
Implementation Method 3
the collar element extends the flow path of the hot air emanating from the combustion chamber, thus improving the distribution of the heat energy provided by the combustion chamber within the housing
Implementation Method 4
The housing's rim primarily serves to contain heat rising from the underside of the housing into the interior, ensuring a sufficient cooking temperature is reached in the area of the cooking tray
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AI summary
The present application relates to a grill attachment set (1), in particular for a gas cooker (2), comprising a housing (3) and a food carrier (4) that can be stored on or in the housing (3), wherein the housing (3) has at least one circumferential rim (5) that spatially defines an interior space (6) of the housing (3), wherein the housing (3) has at least one recess (7) at a lower end by means of which the housing (3) can be placed on a burner (8) of a gas cooker (2) in such a way that heat energy generated by the burner (8) can pass through the recess (7) into the interior space (6) of the housing (3), wherein the grill attachment set (1) comprises a flame guard (9) associated with the recess (7) that can be placed on a burner (8) of a gas cooker (2), wherein the flame guard (9) comprises a base element (10) and a circumferential collar element extending from the base element (10). (12) exhibitswhich projects beyond a base plane (13) of the base element (10). In order to provide a grill attachment set by means of which gentle preparation of grilled food is possible using a commercially available gas stove, in particular a camping gas stove, it is proposed according to the invention that the flame guard (9) is designed to be movable relative to the housing (3) such that the flame guard (9) can be moved between a baking position and a grilling position, wherein the collar element (12) extends from the base plane (13) of the base element (10) towards a top surface (14) of the housing (3) when the flame guard (9) is in its baking position, and extends from the base plane (13) towards the top surface (14) of the housing (3) when it is in its grilling position.