ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,364, issued on July 22, was assigned to WH PRODUCTS LLC (Columbus, Ohio).
"Pellet grill" was invented by Paul J. Simon (Elizabethtown, Ky.), Michael R. Giebel (Joplin, Mo.) and Xianjia Fan (Zhongshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid pellet fueled apparatus having a duel auger system and multi/high speed auger motor is disclosed. The duel auger may include first and second auger blades mounted on a single auger shaft having blade pitches configured to convey solid fuel in opposite directions towards a central burn pot. Each auger blade may service a separate solid fuel compartment provided in a single hopper. The auger mo...