US Patent Issued to Weber-Stephen Products on Aug. 5 for "Cooking chamber lighting for pellet grills" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,102, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Weber-Stephen Products LLC (Palatine, Ill.).

"Cooking chamber lighting for pellet grills" was invented by Gregory James Dykes (Elmhurst, Ill.) and Evan Allan Hall (Palatine, 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 an end cap, a liner coupled to the end cap, and a compartment formed between the end cap and the liner. The example pellet grill further includes a lighting module having a light source. The light source is positioned within the compartment. The light source is configured to project light throu...