Patent ID: 7421942
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: A21B,F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven comprising: a heating housing defining an internal heating chamber that supplies heat to raw grease-emitting food product to produce prepared food product from the raw food product; a drain disposed at a base of the heating housing in communication with the heating chamber; a portable container placed in proximity to the drain, wherein the container defines an internal grease collection reservoir containing a fluid of sufficient amount to maintain at least a predetermined fluid level; and a grease removal conduit connected to the drain at a first end, and in communication with the reservoir at a second end that extends below the predetermined fluid level, wherein the conduit receives grease emitted during heating of the food product and delivers the emitted grease to the container; wherein the fluid has a fluid density that is different than a grease density of the grease delivered to the container.