Fireplace fuel stove and grill device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What I claim is: 1.
A fireplace log burning cooking stove comprising opposite end plate members, a bottom and opposite front and back plates extending length-wise between the opposite end plate members, and cooperatively forming therewith an upwardly opening fire holding recess, legs extending downwardly from said bottom plate member to maintain the same spaced above a supporting surface, said bottom and front plate members having elongated slots therethrough forming ventilation apertures, said end plate members and said back plate being imperforate, the upper edges of said end plates being concave to receive a log or logs and retain the same over and across said fire holding recess, said front and back plates downwardly converging longitudinally of the stove, said end plate members and said bottom, front and back plates being removably secured together, said back plate member including an upper imperforate portion projecting edgewise above said end plate members and said front plate and forming a series of pairs of superposed, spaced lugs on the inside face thereof, and further including a grill operatively and removably engageable edgewise in rest position between the lugs of anyone pair of said lugs for selective height adjustment of said grill over said fire holding recess.




Description:
This invention relates to a fireplace fuel stove of the type also usable as a cooking grill device.
The conventional fireplace grate holds the wood logs by means of a few spaced iron bars underneath allowing the red hot fire brands to roll over and fall into the colder ashes on the fireplace floor and where they continue to burn slowly.
Full enjoyment of the burning logs is therefore lost.
The open type conventional grate can also damage the brick stone or metal walls of the fireplace because the flame is allowed to come in direct contact therewith.
Also the conventional grate requires that several logs burn simultaneously to produce a nice fire.
Those having a fireplace up to now have been buying both a conventional fireplace grate and a separate portable cooking grill when they wanted the advantages of both of these devices