US Patent Issued to MASTERBUILT MANUFACTURING on Sept. 16 for "Firebox basket for barbecue grill or smoker" (Alabama, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,412, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MASTERBUILT MANUFACTURING LLC (Columbus, Ga.).

"Firebox basket for barbecue grill or smoker" was invented by Adam Carter (Auburn, Ala.), Donald Stephen Gazdick (Suwanee, Ga.), Robert V. Terrell (Auburn, Ala.), Daniel Mercer (Hamilton, Ga.) and Joseph Pruitt (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a firebox basket for a barbeque grill or smoker. In one form, the present disclosure provides a grill comprising an ash depository, a firebox basket positioned in the grill above the ash depository; and a cooking rack positioned above the firebox basket. The ...