Patent 7726967 was granted and assigned to Char-Broil on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A gas-fired burner unit for providing combustion and infrared radiation includes at least one plenum for receiving at least the gas, and at least one perforated metal plate mounted for receiving at least the gas from the plenum and supplying at least the gas to the combustion so that the combustion is proximate the perforated metal plate.