Barbecue pit cooker system and method
View Patent ↗A system includes a firebox connected to the cook chamber, an exchange plate opening between the cook chamber and the firebox for fluid flow between the firebox and the cook chamber, a heat deflector connected to inside the cook chamber above the exchange plate opening, a smoke collector connected to the cook chamber opposite the firebox, for accumulation of fluid flow from the cook chamber, a smokestack connected to the smoke collector for expulsion of fluid flow from the smoke collector, and a cooking grate located inside the cook chamber extending from below the heat deflector to a base of the smoke collector. The system operates as a barbecue pit cooker and may be optimized for cooking meats.
1 . A system, comprising:
a cook chamber of cylindrical length;
a firebox connected to a first lateral end of the cook chamber, the firebox has a top extending substantially centrally along the cylindrical length of the cook chamber and a bottom displaced below the cylindrical length of the cook chamber;
an exchange plate opening between a lower portion of the cook chamber and an upper portion of the firebox for fluid flow between the firebox and the cook chamber;
a horizontal heat deflector fixed to an inside of the cook chamber at a distance from a mid-line of the cylindrical length of the cook chamber and above the exchange plate opening, the heat deflector extending laterally in the cook chamber;
a smoke collector connected to the cook chamber opposite the firebox and extending laterally from the mid-line of the cylindrical length of the cook chamber, wherein the smoke collector has a top and a bottom and the top of the smoke collector is in a same lateral plane as the heat deflector for accumulation of fluid flow from the cook chamber;
a smokestack connected to the smoke collector for expulsion of fluid flow from the smoke collector; and
a cooking grate located inside the cook chamber extending laterally and centrally in the cook chamber from a distance below the heat deflector to a middle of an entry to the smoke collector;
wherein the bottom of the smoke collector is located below the cooking grate, and the top and the bottom of the smoke collector are joined by sides and connected to the smokestack, to accumulate fluid flowing across the cylindrical length of the cook chamber and into the smokestack during use.
2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
legs connected to the cook chamber.
3 . The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
casters connected to extended ends of the legs;
brackets that each connect an opposing pair of legs; and
a grate for holding wood, connected to the legs near the casters.
4 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a thermometer insert in the cook chamber upstream from the smoke collector.
5 . The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
a thermometer insert in the cook chamber upstream from the smoke collector.
6 . The system of claim 3 , further comprising:
a thermometer insert in the cook chamber upstream from the smoke collector.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the firebox and the exchange plate, the cooking grate, the heat deflector, the smoke collector and the smokestack are selectively sized and configured in connection to the cook chamber, for desired fluid flow between the firebox and the smoke collector.
8 . The system of claim 7 , further comprising:
a thermometer insert in the cook chamber upstream from the smoke collector.