Gas fire bowl
A gas fire bowl has a heating portion which includes a pedestal, a fire bowl, a locking lid, a burner fixed in the fire bowl, gas parts communicating with the burner, and ignition parts housed and connected in the fire bowl and close to the burner. A portable BBQ grill portion can be installed on and detached from the fire bowl of the heating portion and the pedestal has a plurality of locking features. The portable BBQ grill portion includes a cooking plate and a grease cup having a pocket and removablely attached to outside of the fire bowl. The locking lid has portable features to cooperate with corresponding features of the fire bowl to make the gas fire bowl hand-held and potable. The device can be used as a gas fire bowl, also can be used as a BBQ grill in one unit with space and cost savings.
1. A heating portion for a gas fire bowl, the heating portion comprising:
a pedestal having a plurality of locking features, the pedestal comprising:
a base with a hollow interior, the plurality of locking features pivotally arranged on said base;
a plurality of curved connections; and
an upper element, said plurality of curved connections connecting said base and said upper element;
a fire bowl positioned on said pedestal;
a locking lid removably secured to said fire bowl so as to allow the gas fire bowl to be lifted by one hand of a user;
a burner fixedly positioned in said fire bowl;
a gas system connected to said burner so as to pass a flammable gas to said burner;
an igniter housed and connected in said fire bowl, said igniter positioned adjacent to said burner and adapted to ignite the flammable gas in said burner;
a grill detachably mounted to said fire bowl, said grill comprising;
a cooking plate stowable in said pedestal via the locking features when said cooking plate is not in use and positionable on said fire bowl when deployed, the locking features comprising a plurality of locking rods, each of said plurality of locking rods being pivotable about a pivot point at one end thereof, said plurality of locking rods supporting said cooking plate when said plurality of locking rods are pivoted to an inside of said base and stowing said cooking plate when pivoted outside of said base; and
a grease cup having a pocket, said grease cup removably attached to an exterior of said fire bowl.
2. The heating portion of claim 1 , wherein said locking lid has insert elements on an underside thereof, the heating portion further comprising:
brackets formed at a junction of an upper flange and side wall of said fire bowl, said brackets each having a stop part, said locking features being rotatable in one direction such that the insert element respectively slides under said brackets until the insert elements are stopped by the stop part of the brackets.
3. The heating portion of claim 1 , further comprising:
a grease tube communicating with said cooking plate at one end and with said grease cup at an opposite end, said grease to adapted to direct grease.
4. The heating portion of claim 1 further comprising:
an external gas tank holder affixed to said pedestal, said external gas tank holder adapted to receive a gas tank therein.
5. The heating portion of claim 3 , wherein said cooking plate has a rim on a top surface and at a periphery thereof, said cooking plate having a plurality of elongated parallel ribs on the top surface thereof, said plurality of elongate parallel ribs defining channels on the top surface of said cooking plate, said cooking plate having a drain hole formed therethrough and open to said grease cup through said grease tube, said drain hole being positioned in a path of the channels.
6. The heating portion of claim 1 , said gas system comprising a gas conduit, a gas valve cooperative with said gas conduit so as to control a flow of the flammable gas through said gas conduit, and a regulator cooperating with said gas conduit to adjust a flow of the flammable gas.
7. The heating portion of claim 1 , said igniter having an ignition pin and a guard positioned around the ignition pin.
8. The heating portion of claim 6 , said regulator comprising a control knob positioned on an exterior of said fire bowl.