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Is a smoker grill patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a smoker grill have been patented many times, but "a smoker grill" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 397 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “smoker” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 397 best keyword matches we examined, 174 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS INC (29), BRADLEY W C CO (19), GD SPA (19), MASTERBUILT MFG LLC (13).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A47J (197), A23B (169), Y02A (56), A24F (46).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a smoker grill
- Portable combination grill and smoker device US-12274396-B2 2025 · Bess Christopher
A portable combination grill and smoker device for portably cooking using a combination of smoking and grilling includes a grill compartment in environmental communication with a wood chip box and a smoker cabinet and having attac…
View on Google Patents - Multi-point-controlled pellet smoker and grill US-2023094193-A1 2023 · BRADLEY W C CO
A control system for a pellet fueled cooking device includes at least two adjustable smokestacks selectively allowing combustion gases to escape from a cooking chamber, and an air adjustment mechanism being adjustable between a fi…
View on Google Patents - Combi-oven adapters for outdoor grills and smokers WO-2023196558-A1 2023 · LINWOOD RESOURCES LLC
A wood product-fired closeable outdoor grill or smoker having a wood product combustion zone, a cooking chamber, and one or more vents above or at a higher elevation than the combustion zone can be provided with combi-oven-like co…
View on Google Patents - Pellet feeder shut-off mechanism for pellet grills and smokers US-2022142405-A1 2022 · BRADLEY W C CO
A pellet fuel delivery channel spans between a pellet fuel hopper and a firepot. A door selectively blocks fuel pellets from leaving the hopper and entering the fuel delivery channel.
View on Google Patents - Internal chimney system for grills and smokers US-10694892-B2 2020 · TRAEGER PELLET GRILLS LLC
A smoke circulating element includes a smoke retaining element and a smoke circulation opening adapted for directing smoke out of the smoke retaining element. The smoke retaining element has a plurality of panels at least partiall…
View on Google Patents - Grill smoker apparatus US-10420351-B2 2019 · VINETT KEVIN
A grill smoker apparatus provides a container and a cover. A carrier is disposed in the container. The carrier is configured to store smoke producing material such as wood chips. The carrier may be removable from the container for…
View on Google Patents - Hot swappable grill smoker element container US-2018098661-A1 2018 · DODDS DAVE
A hot swappable grill smoker element container assembly which allows for the changing of various wood elements without opening the smoker lid or allowing heat to escape. The ability to hot swap wood elements provides a method for …
View on Google Patents - Wood chip smoker for outdoor grills US-9603372-B2 2017 · BADER EMIL PAUL
A wood chip smoker is adapted for use in an outdoor grill that has a grate and a cover movable between open and closed positions. The smoker has a base for placement on the grill grate, a perforated section mounted on the base and…
View on Google Patents - Pellet bin insert and storage system for smoker grills US-9441838-B2 2016 · BAKER EDWARD
A pellet bin insert system for a wood smoker grill includes a container with an open top, first and second parallel opposing sidewalls, a back wall, a front wall, a bottom surface and an inclined panel affixed around its perimeter…
View on Google Patents - Disposable Wood Smoker and Moisturizer for Residential Outdoor Cooking Grills US-2016235079-A1 2016 · SINGLETERRY MELVIN RAY
An enclosed disposable device for use on residential outdoor cooking grills that operates for an extended period of time, maintaining a low temperature environment within the internal cooking chamber that possesses external adjust…
View on Google Patents - Grill smoker device US-9084506-B2 2015 · MERRITT MATTHEW H
A grill smoker device having an upper receptacle member adapted to receive liquid and a lower receptacle member adapted to receive wood chips, the upper and lower receptacle members being releasably connected to each other. A plur…
View on Google Patents - Barbecue Grill and Smoker US-2011120442-A1 2011 · DUNCAN DARIN JASON
A barbecue grill, have an enclosed cooking container resting upon a support structure, the cooking enclosure having walls that enclose the cooking area and a clamshell lid for access, heating elements in the lower portion of the e…
View on Google Patents - Rapid anti-flare-up smoker for grills US-6701829-B2 2004
Two steel plates with perforations in both sheets have narrow bent edges which overlap when the two plates are placed together to for a rapid smoker with approximately ¾ inch between the plates. A layer of wood chips is placed in …
View on Google Patents - Barbecue smoker device for barbecue grills US-6059849-A 2000
A barbecue smoker device for placing in a barbecue grill for generating flavoring smoke when heated, the barbecue smoker device including a leakproof noncombustible body having an inner cavity, an opening positioned to connect to …
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a smoker grill been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Kitchen gadgets are a crowded, mature field; novelty usually sits in one specific mechanism, the material, or how two familiar functions are combined.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.