Interesting link about a patent war....

[teesquare]

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6b087a20-f7ea-44d0-bb0f-b615322ac022


So...be careful! If you own a PBC, a Weber, or a stick burner....Lest the Char-Griller folks find out you are using 2 different kinds of fuel! Ye have been warned!!!

[Hub]

In the immortal words of Alvin Toffler, "We are a litigious society.  There will always be lawyers and lawyering." 

Hub

[teesquare]

And...to such an extent that one wonders at what point sanity became "optional".

My point is that for perhaps 100 years or more - BBQer's have used 2 - or more kinds of fuel in their pits/grills/cookers, depending on the objectives and preferences for smoke/taste.

And - now...some Neandethal neophyte nabob ACTUALLY granted a PATENT to a company ...for a grill that can use 2 kinds of fuel?....oy......

[sliding_billy]

Not to get all technical and stuff, but oxygen is part of the fuel mix.  They better sure themselves for using God's fuel.

[teesquare]

It says a lot about the weight of logic in the decision to validate a patent - doesn't it? The patent agent that approved this one must have been  - intellectually speaking - a 3rd grader who has not been allowed to play with matches yet. Said plainly - the person approving the patent application has not ever used an outdoor cooking device.

[TentHunteR]

That is just patently ridiculous (pun fully intended). Seriously!