Modular grill with integrated brazier-oven
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing grills lack modularity and efficiency in utilizing residual heat for cooking diverse dishes like bread and pizza, and they often generate excessive sparks and rust, posing safety concerns and limiting versatility.
Innovation Solution
A modular, multi-accessorized grill with a rectangular or square base structure featuring refractory bricks and a brazier-oven that allows for adjustable dimensions, reduced spark generation, and efficient heat utilization, enabling cooking of various foods without constant supervision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional grill is used for cooking, then meat and fish can be grilled, but residual heat cannot be utilized for other dishes
Solution Approach 1:
The grill is transformed into a multi-functional device by integrating an oven chamber that can be configured for different cooking modes. The same grill structure supports both direct grilling on the grill pan and indirect oven cooking using the deflectors and heat distribution system, allowing residual heat to be utilized for baking, roasting, and other dishes simultaneously or sequentially.
Solution Approach 2:
The internal space of the grill is segmented into distinct functional zones: a grill pan area for direct grilling and an oven chamber area for indirect cooking. Deflectors are positioned to divide and redirect heat flow, creating separate thermal environments within the same device, enabling simultaneous use of residual heat for different cooking purposes.
2Ease of operation
If a grill is designed for portability, then it can be easily transported, but it lacks modular configuration options
Solution Approach 1:
The grill incorporates movable and adjustable components including deflectors that can be positioned at different angles, removable grill pans, and reconfigurable interior elements. These dynamic features allow the user to transform the grill's internal configuration based on cooking needs while maintaining a compact, portable external structure that fits in vehicle trunks or storage spaces.
3Productivity
If a grill generates high heat for cooking, then cooking efficiency is improved, but spark generation and rusting increase
Solution Approach 1:
The deflectors serve a dual function: they redirect heat to improve cooking efficiency while simultaneously acting as barriers that contain and reduce spark generation. The heat distribution system channels thermal energy effectively for cooking while the same structural elements prevent sparks from escaping, converting potential harmful sparks into contained heat energy that benefits the cooking process.
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 grill provides easy transportation, adjustable size, and efficient heat utilization, reducing spark generation and rusting, while allowing for versatile cooking of multiple dishes simultaneously, enhancing user safety and cooking experience.
Implementation Method 1
the brickwork element (110) suitable to be reversibly engaged with said cooktop (106) and configured to hold at least one foodstuff to be cooked
Implementation Method 2
a new and innovative type of grill 100 with various advantages with respect to common grills or barbecues known up to date
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AI summary
Modular grill (100) with integrated brazier-oven constituted by: A) a rectangular or square-shaped base structure (101), constituted by uprights (102) and crosspieces (103) with the two rear uprights (102) being provided with wheels (104) and the two front uprights (102) being provided with handles (105); the upper portion of said base structure (101) being suitable to serve as a cooktop (106) on which the user arranges the embers; said cooktop (106) being constituted by refractory bricks (108) and being provided with raised lateral surfaces suitable to be reversibly engaged with at least one movable grill (109); B) a brazier-oven (110) with lateral surfaces constituted by metal profiles (111) suitable to be reversibly engaged with a plurality of refractory bricks (112), a lower surface with a fixed grill (113) and an upper surface that can be closed using a lid (116) provided with a handle (117); said brazier-oven (110) being suitable to contain at least one internal tray (114) that is reversibly removable and provided with a handle (115); said brazier-oven being reversibly connected to the cooktop (106).