Patent ID: 9686825
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A23N,F24C,G07F,H05B

Claim:
1. A cooking device comprising: an outer enclosure comprising at least a top, bottom, front wall, sidewalls and rear wall; a cooking chamber disposed within said outer enclosure, wherein said outer enclosure further includes an opening in the front wall that enables access to said cooking chamber; a door disposed about said opening and positioned below said top of said outer enclosure; a user interface disposed about a front facing surface of said front wall of said outer enclosure above said door; a cooling device that comprises: at least one aperture disposed in a bottom facing surface of said front wall below said user interface substantially adjacent to a top surface of said door and in communication with said conduit such that said cooling air that exits said outer enclosure via said conduit and said at least one aperture after contacting said user interface, wherein said cooling air: (i) contacts said top surface of said door when said door is in a closed position, and (ii) forms an air curtain when said door is in an opened position.