Up Down Grill ポータブルオーブン by Takashi Sekimitsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 銅賞 in アウトドア用品・キャンプ機器デザイン Competition Category.
銅キャンプ用品· 2024
Up Down Grill ポータブルオーブン
Client: Norinori Life
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in キャンプ用品 Category
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About Up Down Grill ポータブルオーブン
上下を加熱できる一つの熱源で使用可能なポータブルオーブンで、予熱時間を短縮しBBQなどを楽しめる。木製フレームにより軽量で、使用中も安全に触れられる。木製フレームとオーブン本体の間の通気口による煙突効果で、仰ぐ必要なく約20分で予熱が完了する。蓋はテーブルとしても使用でき、通気口を覆うだけで安全に消火できる。本体と木製フレームは分離可能で、金属部分を丸ごと洗える。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Up Down Grill ポータブルオーブンは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Up Down Grill ポータブルオーブンは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Up Down Grill ポータブルオーブンは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This product has a special three-layer structure: an outer layer of air, insulation material, and wood. It effectively retains heat and prevents burns. There are no similar products available. The insulation design allows the oven to make the most of a single heat source, enabling users to cook in the lower section while enjoying BBQ or pot cooking in the upper section. The removable upper fire bed makes charcoal cleanup easy.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- size: 40cm x 40cm x 32 cm
weight: 16kg
material: Stainless steel (SUS304), aluminum, wood (white ash), pottery - Tags
- oven, grill, outdoor, camping, heatinsulation
- Production Technology
- To ensure that even family members can use the kiln safely, insulation and wood frame make it lightweight and safe to touch during use. The ventilation openings between the wood frame and the oven provide a chimney effect that allows the oven to reach a pizza baking temperature in about 20 minutes without fanning it with a fan. The wood frame is assembled in a way that allows expansion due to heat to escape, and is black in color, which is compatible with metal and does not show dirt. To reduce the burden of cleanup, the lid, which can also be used as a table, can be used as a fire extinguishing lid by closing the ventilation openings when it is covered. The main body and wood frame can be separated so that the metal part can be washed entirely for hygienic and long-lasting use.
- Design Challenge
- Since the wood frame was adopted to make the oven lightweight and safe at the same time, it was necessary to prevent the wood from burning even under conditions where the oven section reaches 400 degrees Celsius or higher. In addition to the use of special heat-insulating materials, a structure was studied to prevent the hot metal parts from coming into direct contact with the wood.
- Research
- Interviews with Italian chefs defined the development requirements (oven over 350 degrees Celsius, under 20 kg, under 200,000 yen) because there were no safe ovens that could be carried around. In addition, a wood frame was adopted because user interviews indicated that they were concerned about the presence of children and pets at barbecues and other events. After creating a prototype and conducting user tests, some users expressed a desire to use the oven in home gardens and resorts, so a luxurious design with a black base that would fit in with such settings was created and commercialized.
- Inspiration
- Noridomi Ironworks is a company that makes handmade, custom-made sluice gates and industrial machinery. Taking advantage of their craftsmanship to create highly original metal products, they collaborated with local furniture designers to develop a grill that allows for easy barbecuing and oven cooking in home gardens and balconies.
- Project Duration
- This product was launched in Japan on June 1, 2022
- Operation Flow
- The Up-down Grill is a portable oven grill with a unique insulated structure that uses heat from both above and below, enabling a variety of cooking in a single unit. 350-400 degrees Celsius, similar to a brick pizza oven, and the far-infrared effect of the Hasami-ware pizza stone enables authentic pizza to be cooked in 2 minutes. A griddle and heat-resistant plate can also be inserted, allowing you to enjoy various dishes other than pizza. The wood frame keeps the surface temperature from rising, making it safe for children and pets.
- Patents
- This product is patent pending (Patent Application 2023-011315, filed 1/27/2023) by Noritomi Ironworks Co.
- Team Members
- Derector: Kenzo Noridomi
Assistant Director: Kentaro Kawakubo
Creator: Shigeru Yamada
Designer: Takashi Sekimitsu - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Tsuneharu Doi, Up Down Grill, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Tsuneharu Doi, Up Down Grill, 2023.
Image #3: Director Kenzo Noridomi, Up Down Grill, 2023.
Image #4: Director Kenzo Noridomi, Up Down Grill, 2023.
Image #5: Director Kenzo Noridomi, Up Down Grill, 2023.
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