Patent attributes
A barbeque grill and oven or food smoker having an offset firebox configuration is disclosed. Example embodiments include: an oven having an enclosed interior region for cooking food items; an offset firebox sharing at least a portion of a side of the oven, the offset firebox having a first opening over which a removable grill may be placed, the firebox having a second opening through which airflow may travel from the firebox into the oven; an oven lid configured to produce an opening in the top of the oven of any desired size, the opening of the oven lid causing an increase in the flow of heated air from the firebox into the oven; and a controller coupled to a temperature sensor and an airflow conduit, the temperature sensor being terminated at a location in the oven to sense a temperature in the oven, the conduit being terminated at the offset firebox to deliver an airflow to stoke a fire in the offset firebox, the controller being configured to automatically generate an airflow in the conduit to drive the temperature in the oven to a desired temperature.
