Heavy duty foil pouch, sack, or bag, for barbequing with charcoal or wood for easy clean up

The present invention relates to a bag, sac, lining, pouch, or container used in a charcoal grill, specifically to charcoal grills where ashes are a mess after barbecuing with charcoal wood or other materials.

Grills have become seemingly ubiquitous fixtures at outdoor social gatherings, especially in warmer weather. Generally, grills commonly known as charcoal grills, cook food over a burning bed of fuel bits such as charcoal. The charcoal is usually placed directly onto the bottom of the charcoal grill. When your barbecuing is complete, the ashes are usually left on the bottom of the grill to be shoveled or swept out.

Ash builds up quickly during operation of a charcoal grill. Disposing of ash can be both inconvenient. Known charcoal grills solve this problem by requiring the use of a sweeping tool to force ash through openings at the bottom of the charcoal grill. However, requiring the use of any additional tools makes a charcoal grill less portable and less convenient to use.

Often, the charcoal grill is also used by tailgaters, picnics in the park, and other outings such as camping. Excessive ashes can damage the body of a charcoal grill, such as cracks or fading of color. To lengthen the operational life of a charcoal grill, you have to prevent the ashes from ever touching the grill to provide the charcoal grill with some protection against the ashes after barbecuing.

Thus, there exists a need in the art for a safe and more convenient way to discard the ashes after barbecuing. Furthermore, there exists a need in the art for a more convenient way of disposing of ash after operation that does not require the use of an ash sweep tool. There also exists a need in the art for a feature that protects the body of a grill from excessive ashes which damage your grill.

A grill container that embodies charcoal or other material used for barbecuing. The charcoal is contained in the interior of the container, or bag, which can be cut open from the top to expose the charcoal to the food items. After completion the ashes from the burned charcoal is cooled, and the ashes can be picked up, and discard. Thus a user may conveniently dispose of ash without the use of an ash sweep tool after barbecuing is complete.

Furthermore a container which protects the lower shell of the charcoal grill from excessive ashes, lengthening its operational life.

FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of the heavy duty aluminum foil bag 12, sac, pouch, or container 10, in a closed position, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The cut lines 16, show where the bag is to be cut along the dotted lines 16.

FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the bag, cut open to expose the charcoal 14, or other material 14. Once the bag is cut along the dotted lines 16, the cut edges are folded back 18 & 20, to expose the charcoal 14 or other any other material 14, used for barbecuing food.

FIG. 3 illustrates a front view of the bag 10 placed in the barbecue grill G, not a part of the invention, with the charcoal 14 or other material 14 exposed. The flaps or cut edges 18 & 20 are folded back away from the charcoal 14 or other material 14, used for barbecuing food.

FIG. 4 illustrates a front view of the bag placed in the barbecue grill G, not a part of the invention, with the burned ashes 14a, or burned charcoal 14a, or other material 14a exposed. The cut edges 18 & 20 are folded back away from the ashes 14a, or burned other material 14a.

FIG. 5 illustrates a front view of the bag 12, with the cut edges closed 18 & 20. The burned ashes 14a are contained on the inside, or interior of the bag 12.