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The inventive concept disclosed comprises a storage grate for grills of the type typically used in outdoor barbecue grills and particularly, kamado-style grills. The device is essentially a one-piece rod having been bent and formed into specific angles and segments, thereby allowing the device to be

The inventive concept disclosed comprises a storage grate for grills of the type typically used in outdoor barbecue grills and particularly, kamado-style grills. The device is essentially a one-piece rod having been bent and formed into specific angles and segments, thereby allowing the device to be attached onto an outdoor cooking grill or kamado-style charcoal cooking grill as is marketed by many commercial brands. The device serves the purpose of short-term or long-term retention and storage of the grill used in the cooking process prior to, or after use of the grill for cooking.

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1. A grate device for the retention and storage of a grill of the type utilized with a komado-style cooking apparatus, said grate attachable to the body or support legs of said cooking apparatus, and further comprising a continuous, specified length, “L,” of rod, having a diameter in the range of 3/

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A grate device for the retention and storage of a grill of the type utilized with a komado-style cooking apparatus, said grate attachable to the body or support legs of said cooking apparatus, and further comprising a continuous, specified length, “L,” of rod, having a diameter in the range of 3/16 to ⅜ inch, said rod further bent into a plurality of left and right symmetrical segments, said segments forming essentially four adjoining planes, wherein said first plane is defined beginning at the midpoint of said rod, and while said rod is positioned in a horizontal orientation, starting at locations on said rod 0.15L left of said midpoint and 0.15L right of said midpoint, forming a ninety degree downward corner bend at both locations, such that both said bends form a horizontal cross-member, and left and right inclined segments, respectively, the three segments forming said first plane;said second plane defined beginning at locations on said inclined segments, 0.075L from each said corner bend, having an elbow bend in the range of a thirty to forty degree angle, whereby both of said elbow bends form left and right lower arms, with said lower arms forming a common second plane, said second plane being inclined at a thirty-to-forty degree angle from said first plane;said second plane is further defined beginning at locations on said left and right lower arms, 0.10L from each said elbow bend, having a ninety degree outward bend in a direction away from each said elbow bend, said outward bends thereby forming a left wing segment and right wing segment, respectively, both said segments occupying said second plane;said second plane further defined beginning at locations on said left wing and said right wing, 0.025L from each said outward bend, wherein a ninety degree upward bend, is formed, creating a left upper arm and a right upper arm, respectively, both said upper arms contained within said second plane;said third plane is defined beginning at locations on said upper arms, 0.075L from each upward bend, therein having a forty-five degree knuckle bend oriented at forty-five degrees from said second plane and with each of said knuckle bends thereby forming a left jog and a right jog, respectively, oriented orthogonally to each other in a common third plane; andsaid fourth plane is defined starting at locations on said left and right jogs, 0.0125L from each knuckle bend, therein having a forty-five degree bend oriented at forty-five degrees to said left and right jogs, respectively, thereby forming left and right fingers, both of said fingers occupying a common fourth plane and terminating in a tip of each said finger, with, the opposite ends of said rod terminating at the respective left and right tips, respectively, of said fingers. 2. A grate device as in claim 1, further comprising flattened left and right tips, such as to provide for a left eyehole opening and a right eyehole opening drilled into said left and right tips, respectively, thereby allowing insertion of screws through said eyehole openings as a means for fastening said grate device to the body or support legs of a cooking apparatus. 3. A grate device for the retention and storage of a grill of the type utilized with a komado-style cooking apparatus, said grate attachable to the body or support legs of said cooking apparatus, said grate device comprising a rod, of continuous, specified length, “L,” having a diameter in the range of 3/16 to ⅜ inch, said rod being bent into a plurality of left and right symmetrical segments, said segments comprising a horizontal cross-member having a length of 0.30L and having a left half and a right half and further terminating in two ninety degree downward corner bends;a left and a right inclined segment each of length 0.075L, emanating from said left and right downward corner bends, respectively;a left and right elbow bend commencing from the end of said left and right inclined segment;a left and right lower arm segment, each such segment emanating from said left and right elbow bends respectively and being a length of 0.01L, further, each left and right lower arm segment being oriented at a thirty-to-forty degree angle from said respective inclined segments;a left and right ninety degree outward bend in an outward direction away from each said elbow bend, said outward bends thereby forming a left wing segment and right wing segment, each wing of a length 0.025L;a left upper arm and a right upper arm, respectively, each of said upper arms having a length of 0.075L;a left short bend and a right short bend, both oriented at a forty-five degree inward bend toward said cross-member, thereby forming a left finger and a right finger, each of said fingers being of a length equal to 0.0125L;a left jog and a right jog both oriented at a forty-five degree upward angle, each of said jogs emanating at the mid-point of the respective left finger and right finger; anda left tip and a right tip, each corresponding to the opposite terminal ends of said rod. 4. A grate device as in claim 3, further comprising flattened left and right tips, such as to provide for a left eyehole opening and a right eyehole opening drilled into said left and right tips, respectively, thereby allowing insertion of screws through said eyehole openings as a means for fastening said grate device to the body or support legs of a cooking apparatus. 5. A method for the retention and storage of a grill of the type utilized with a komado-style, cooking apparatus within a grate device attached to the body or support legs of said cooking apparatus, said method comprising the steps of providing a continuous, specified length, “L,” of rod, having a diameter in the range of 3/16 to ⅜ inch;starting at the midpoint of said rod, with said rod positioned in a horizontal orientation and at a location on said rod 0.15L left of said midpoint and at a location on said rod 0.15L right of said midpoint, forming a ninety degree downward corner bend at both locations, such that both said bends form left and right inclined segments, respectively, with said cross-member and both said inclined segments occupying a common first plane;utilizing locations on said inclined segments, 0.075L from each said corner bend, forming an elbow bend in the range of a thirty to forty degree angle, whereby the planes encompassing each respective elbow bend are orthogonal to said first plane, and thereby form left and right lower arms, both lower arms occupying a common second plane, said second plane being inclined at a thirty-to-forty degree angle from said first plane;beginning at locations on said left and right lower arms, 0.10L, from each said elbow bend, form a ninety degree outward bend in a direction away from each said elbow bend, said outward bends thereby forming a left wing segment and right wing segment, respectively, both said segments confined within said second plane;starting at locations on said left wing and said right wing, 0.025L from each said outward bend, form a ninety degree upward bend, wherein both said upward bends form a left upper arm and a right upper arm, respectively, both said upper arms contained within said second plane;beginning at locations on said upper arms, 0.075L from each upward bend, form a forty-five degree short bend oriented at forty-five degrees from said second plane with each of said short bends thereby forming a left finger and a right finger, respectively, each finger having a length of 0.0125L, with each finger culminating in a left tip and a right tip, respectively;beginning at points midway of the length of said left finger and said right finger, form a left jog upward bend and a right jog upward bend, respectively, both jog bends oriented orthogonally to each other in a common plane;utilizing pre-formed or drilled holes in the support legs of said cooking apparatus, inserting said left and right fingers into said holes; andupon removal of said grill, inserting said grill between the elbow bends of said grate device herein.