US Patent Issued to Align Machine Works on Aug. 5 for "System for conversion of a kamado cooker to a griddle" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,702, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Align Machine Works LLC (Athens, Ga.).

"System for conversion of a kamado cooker to a griddle" was invented by Joseph Pruitt (Athens, Ga.) and Kyle Aasness (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments of a system for conversion of a kamado cooker to a griddle comprises a support rack and a griddle component. The support rack is configured to seat within a lower bowl portion of the kamado cooker and define a plurality of vertical post structures. The griddle component defines a sloped cooking surface and comprises a rim aspect at least partially surrounding the sloped cooking ...