Modular barbecue system and kits therefore
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gas barbecue grills are limited in their functionality, primarily designed for grilling and lack versatility to perform other cooking methods like smoking, braising, or steam cooking, which restricts their use throughout the year, especially in colder regions.
Innovation Solution
A modular gas barbecue system with a heating compartment and adjustable steps that allow for various add-on components, such as basins and conversion kits, enabling multiple cooking techniques by positioning these components at different distances from the heat source.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If gas barbecue grill is designed for single-purpose grilling, then convenience and ease of operation are improved, but adaptability and versatility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The gas barbecue grill is designed to perform multiple cooking functions including grilling, smoking, braising, steam cooking, and boiling by incorporating removable add-on components such as smoke boxes, basins, and conversion kits that transform the single-purpose grill into a multi-functional cooking system
Solution Approach 2:
The cooking system is divided into modular components where the base gas grill remains constant and various add-on components (smoke boxes, basins, racks) can be selectively attached or removed to enable different cooking methods, allowing users to configure the system based on specific cooking needs
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cooking devices are purchased to achieve various cooking methods, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple cooking functions that would traditionally require separate devices (grill, smoker, braise pot, steam cooker) are merged into a single gas barbecue system through the use of add-on components that attach to the base grill, eliminating the need for multiple standalone cooking appliances
Solution Approach 2:
A single gas barbecue grill is designed to serve as a universal cooking platform that can perform grilling, smoking, braising, steam cooking, and boiling through the use of interchangeable add-on components, replacing the need for multiple specialized cooking devices
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
Enables gas barbecue grills to perform a variety of cooking methods beyond grilling, expanding their usability throughout the year and in different weather conditions, without the need for multiple cooking devices.
Implementation Method 1
a heat source provided in the cavity of the heating compartment
Implementation Method 2
heating compartment having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall
Implementation Method 3
heat source provided in the cavity of the heating compartment
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a modular barbecue system and kits for adapting a gas barbecue to other types of cooking and other uses. The modular barbecue system comprises a heating compartment having a bottom wall and a peripheral defining a cavity, a heat source provided in the cavity of the heating compartment, a plurality of add-on components receivable in the cavity of the heating compartment, a plurality of steps provided in the cavity of the heating compartment for supporting the add-on components at different distances relative to the heat source. Add-on components such as a large basin, a flat basin, a perforated plate system, a strainer, a lid and a pump are combined to form a plurality of kits enabling steam cooking, maple sap boiling, double boiling, coal fire cooking, boiling, smoke cooking and water heating to expand the typical grilling method of a gas barbecue to various cooking techniques.