Barbecue grill with folding shelves

1. A portable barbecue grill assembly comprising:

a cooking chamber comprising a fire bowl mounted on a base, said cooking chamber comprises a topside opening, said topside opening of said cooking chamber being situated above said base;

at least one grill, at least a portion of said grill being situated within said cooking chamber; and

at least one shelf being directly and pivotally attached to said fire bowl, said shelf being foldable inwardly towards said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a stowage position and extendable outwardly away from said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a usage position and having a distance between said shelf and said cooking chamber to avoid heat damage to said shelf when the cooking chamber is in use, at least a portion of said shelf is situated above at least a portion of said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said stowage position, at least a portion of said shelf being generally parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

2. The assembly of claim 1 further comprises at least one handle connected to said fire bowl; and a lid mountable on said cooking chamber.

3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein said handle provides support for said shelf during said use position.

4. The assembly of claim 1 further comprises a second shelf, said second shelf being foldable and situated above said topside opening of said fire bowl during a stowage position and extendable away from said topside opening of said fire bowl during said usage position.

5. The assembly of claim 4 wherein at least a portion of said second shelf being situated above at least a portion of said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said stowage position, at least a portion of said second shelf being parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

6. The assembly of claim 4 further comprising a second handle.

7. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said second shelf is directly attached to said base.

8. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said second shelf is directly attached to said fire bowl.

9. The assembly of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of said shelf is suspended over said topside opening of said fire bowl during said stowage position.

10. A portable barbecue grill assembly comprising:

a cooking chamber comprising a fire bowl mounted on a base, said cooking chamber comprises a topside opening, said fire bowl having an external underside and opposing external sidewalls, said topside opening of said cooking chamber being situated above said base;

at least one grill, at least a portion of said grill being situated within said cooking chamber;

at least one lid, said sidewalls and said underside of said fire bowl with said lid defining said cooking chamber; and

at least two shelves, each shelf being directly and pivotally attached to one of each of said external sidewalls of said fire bowl, at least a portion of each of said shelves being foldable inwardly towards said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a stowage position and extendable from said cooking chamber during a usage position and having a distance between said shelf and said fire bowl to avoid heat damage to said shelves when the cooking chamber is in use, at least a portion of each of said shelves are situated above said topside opening of said fire bowl during said stowage position, at least a portion of each of said shelves being generally parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

11. The assembly of claim 10 wherein each of said shelves folds outwardly away from said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said usage position.

12. A portable barbecue grill assembly comprising:

a cooking chamber comprising a fire bowl mounted on a base, said cooking chamber having a topside opening;

at least one grill, at least a portion of said grill being situated within said fire bowl; and

at least one shelf being directly and pivotally attached to said cooking chamber, said shelf being foldable inwardly towards said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a stowage position and away from said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a usage position, at least a portion of said shelf is situated above said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said stowage position, at least a portion of said shelf being generally parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

13. The assembly of claim 12 further comprising a second shelf, said second shelf being situated opposite of said first shelf.

14. The assembly of claim 13 wherein at least a portion of said second shelf is generally parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

15. The assembly of claim 13 wherein said second shelf is directly attached to said cooking chamber.

16. The assembly of claim 13 wherein said second shelf being pivotally attached to said base.

17. The assembly of claim 16 wherein said second shelf is foldable inwardly towards said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said stowage position and away from said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said usage position.

18. The assembly of claim 12 wherein there is a distance between said shelf and said fire bowl to avoid heat damage to said shelf when the fire bowl is in use.

19. The assembly of claim 12 wherein said shelf folds outwardly away from said fire bowl during said usage position.

20. The assembly of claim 12 further comprising legs, said legs being attached to said base.

21. The assembly of claim 12 further comprising at least one lid.

22. The assembly of claim 12 wherein at least a portion of said shelf is suspended over said topside opening of said fire bowl during said stowage position.