Charcoal and water smoker and cooker

Claim 1

A charcoal-water smoker and cooker comprising a vertically disposed housing comprising a separable main body, supporting base and lid oriented in vertically superimposed relation with the base disposed under the main body and the lid supported on the main body, said base including a fuel receiving pan, said main body including a water pan and a grille disposed above the water pan for receiving food items, said water pan being spaced inwardly of the periphery of the main body to enable passage of smoke and heat upwardly between the pan and main body with the heat vaporizing water in the pan for smoking and cooking the food items on the grille, handle means adjacent the upper end of the main body to enable the main body and lid along with the water pan and grille to be lifted off of the base as a unit with the fuel receiving pan remaining stationary thereby enabling the supply of fuel to be replenished without disturbing the water pan, grille and food items thereon from their position in the main body, the major weight components of the main body including the water pan and grille being disposed so that the center of gravity of the combined unit is substantially below the handle means in order to facilitate retention of the lifted unit in vertical orientation, said base including a base pan having supporting legs thereon, said fuel receiving pan being in the form of a liner adapted to receive a quantity of charcoal and supported in concentric spaced relation to the base pan and including a generally horizontal outwardly extending peripheral flange overlying and supported on the base pan with the bottom of the liner spaced from the bottom of the base pan, said liner including openings in the bottom and peripheral wall thereof to provide passage for combustion supporting air, the bottom of said base pan including combustion supporting air inlet means therein, said main body including a lower edge freely resting on the flange of the charcoal receiving liner generally in vertical alignment with the upper edge of the base pan.