IP Library Granted Patent US 12,502,032
Granted Patent B2
US 12,502,032 · App. 18/354,798 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Barbecue grill with a smoker

Inventor: Po-Hua Chung (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: ACEWILL CORPORATION
A47J37/0786A47J37/0704
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Patent No.
US 12,502,032
App. No.
18/354,798
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A barbecue grill has a stand, a grill body, a smoker, and a side board. The smoker is mounted on a side of the stand, communicates with the grill body, and has a smoker body, a smoker cap, an inner box, a smoker grid, and an ash plate. The smoker body has multiple ventilation holes defined through two opposite sides of the smoker body. The smoker cap is pivotally connected to the smoker body to close a top opening of the smoker body. The inner box is mounted in the smoker body and has multiple through holes defined in the inner box and a netted bottom. The smoker grid is mounted on a top of the inner box. The ash plate is slidably mounted on a bottom of the inner box and has multiple ventilation holes selectively aligned with the ventilation holes in the smoker body.

Claims (32)

1 . A barbecue grill comprising:

a stand;

a grill body mounted on a top of the stand and comprising;

a charcoal container attached to the top of the stand;

a grill cap pivotally connected to a top of the charcoal container to close a top opening of the charcoal container and having a chimney attached to a top of the grill cap and communicating with an inside space of the grill cap; and

a wire grid attached to the top of the charcoal container;

a smoker mounted on a side of the stand, attached to a side of the charcoal container, communicating with the charcoal container, and comprising

a smoker body being hollow, connected to the stand, attached to the side of the charcoal container, communicating with the charcoal container, and having multiple ventilation holes defined through two opposite sides of the smoker body;

a smoker cap pivotally connected to the smoker body to close a top opening of the smoker body;

an inner box mounted in the smoker body, spaced from the smoker body, and having a netted bottom, wherein the inner box is composed of multiple walls, each wall of the inner box has multiple through holes defined through the wall, the through holes in each wall of the inner box are arranged as two lines, one of the line of the through holes of each wall is located near a bottom of the wall and the other line of through holes is located near a top of the wall;

a smoker grid mounted on a top of the inner box; and

an ash plate slidably mounted on a bottom of the inner box and having multiple ventilation holes selectively aligned with the ventilation holes in the smoker body; and

a side board mounted on a side of the stand opposite the smoker.

2 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the smoker body comprises a front board, a rear board and two side boards connected between the front board and the rear board;

a rear extension board is formed on and extends from a top of the rear board;

two side extension boards are formed on and extend from tops of the side boards respectively;

the ventilation holes in the smoker body are formed through the front board and the rear board; and

the ventilation holes in each one of the front board and the rear board are arranged in a line and are separated spaced from each other.

3 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 2 , wherein two rails are mounted respectively on bottoms of the front board and the rear board at positions corresponding to the ventilation holes in the front board and the rear board; and

the ash plate is mounted slidably on the rails.

4 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the ash plate has two side walls formed respectively on two sides of the ash plate, and each side wall has multiple of the ventilation holes formed in the side wall, arranged in a line, spaced from each other, and selectively aligning with the ventilation holes in the front board or the rear board of the smoker body.

5 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each one of the front board, the rear board and the two side boards of the smoker body has a box mount disposed on the front board, the rear board and the side boards; and

the inner box is mounted on the box mounts on the front board, the rear board and the two side boards.

6 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the two side extension boards are semicircular in shape.

7 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 6 , wherein one of the side extension boards which is attached to the charcoal container has a smoke hole defined through the side extension board.

8 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 7 , wherein an auxiliary board is attached to a front of the charcoal container.

9 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each one of the front board, the rear board and the two side boards of the smoker body has a box mount disposed on the front board, the rear board and the side boards; and

the inner box is mounted on the box mounts on the front board, the rear board and the two side boards.

10 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the two side extension boards are semicircular in shape.

11 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 10 , wherein one of the side extension boards which is attached to the charcoal container has a smoke hole defined through the side extension board.

12 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 11 , wherein an auxiliary board is attached to a front of the charcoal container.

13 . The barbecue grill as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an auxiliary board is attached to a front of the charcoal container.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2023
From: CHUNG, PO-HUA
To: ACEWILL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064310/0392 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250024994A1 · Jan 23, 2025
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