Patent ID: 9593856
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A21B,F24C

Claim:
1. An oven appliance, comprising: a cabinet defining an opening at a front portion of the cabinet, the cabinet also defining a cooking chamber configured for receipt of food items for cooking, the cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, and opposing side walls; a door mounted to the cabinet at the opening of the cabinet, the door being selectively adjustable between an open position and a closed position to permit selective access to the cooking chamber through the opening of the cabinet; a heating element disposed adjacent and below the bottom wall of the cooking chamber and configured to heat the cooking chamber; wherein the bottom wall of the cooking chamber defines a raised portion and a recessed portion connected by angled sides, and wherein the bottom wall includes a plurality of vents, wherein at least one vent is adjacent each of the opposing side walls and at least one vent is adjacent the front portion of the cabinet, and wherein at least one vent is positioned on one of the angled sides of the bottom wall; and a plurality of flow directors, wherein at least one flow director is positioned adjacent each vent and each flow director is configured to direct a flow of heated air passing through a respective vent from beneath the bottom wall toward a center of the cooking chamber.