Patent ID: 9016191
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A47J,F24B

Abstract:
1. A baking oven for a pizza or other food items, comprising: a two part heating plate comprising an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion with the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion defining an air gap, a base having a heating chamber, the base comprising an upright cylindrical ring wall section with a plurality of heating plate support brackets attached to the upright cylindrical ring wall section, the heating plate support brackets supporting the two part heating plate above the base's heating chamber, a passive top cover having a moisture vent, the top cover being sized and formed to fit over and to be supported by the base such that when placed on the base the top cover forms a baking chamber above the two part heating plate, an air passageway defined by the base and a perimeter edge of the two part heating plate thermally connecting the heating chamber in the base and the baking chamber wherein heat produced in the heating chamber can circulate up through the air passageway into the baking chamber above the two part heating plate, and a planar heat reflector structure in the top cover parallel to the two part heating plate, the heat reflector structure extending across the inside of the top cover and positioned in the top cover such that, when the top cover is placed over the base, the reflector structure is superior to and faces the two part heating plate, wherein heat circulated from the heating chamber in the base up into the baking chamber is reflected back down toward the two part heating plate to accelerate the baking of a top side of a food item resting upon two part heating plate, the reflector structure defining a plurality of perforations to allow moisture given off by a food item being baked in the baking oven to escape through the moisture vent of the top cover.