Abstract
A method and apparatus for charcoal cooking of food utilizing a cook base and a removable cover mating with the cook base. The cooker has a substantially sealed interior cooking chamber for cooking food and an exterior portion with one charcoal heat source near the bottom of the cook base and another charcoal heat source on top of the removable cover, thereby separating the food and the fire.
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Legal status & events
2011-09-08
Assignment — ownership transferred to FC Industries, LLC from inventor Christian Evan Fitzgerald
2018-04-17
Patent granted
2021-10-11
Maintenance fee paid (4th year, small entity)
2025-12-08
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2023-06-19
Anticipated expiration (20-year term from filing date 2002-06-21)
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