Design

A Grill Worthy of Kingsford Charcoal

For my senior mechanical design class, I had the oppurtunity to work with Clorox, Inc. on a charcoal grill design. Clorox came to us, hoping that we could design a grill that was as easy to use as a gas grill, but leveraged the unique advantages of charcoal grilling. We launched into the project, and focused a lot of energy on the problem of quickly lighting charcoal. We found that we were able to light charcoal and get it burning well enough to start grilling on it in less that five minutes. Throughout the process, we learned a lot about working with sheet metal, and I leveraged my welding skills to quickly assemble a working prototype. We also tested our prototype for ease of use and temperature range. Check out our report.