Patent 9913559 was granted and assigned to Cabela's on March, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An improved hopper for a pellet grill that permits a first type of flavored pellet to be cleared from the hopper of a pellet grill so that a second type of flavored pellet may be loaded into the hopper for cooking and smoking. The disclosed hopper can also have a viewing window formed in its side for establishing how much, if any, of a pellet material is currently loaded into the hopper.