ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,219, issued on Jan. 27.
"Pellet grills" was invented by Brian C. Donnelly (Naperville, Ill.) and Ryan P. Lundberg (Des Plaines, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pellet grills and associated methods of operation are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a waste collection drawer and one or more processors. The waste collection drawer is movable between a closed position and an open position. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether a duty cycle of the waste collection drawer has violated a threshold corresponding to a predetermined usage expectancy of the waste collection drawer. In response to determini...