Patent 8109263 was granted and assigned to Whirlpool Corporation on February, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An outdoor cooking grill includes a removable grease drip pan. The grease drip pan has a drain hole and a drain assembly having a plug that is selectively moveable to seal the drain hole. The user may use the drain assembly to drain grease and other liquid collected in the grease drip pan.