Patent ID: 7049551
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: A21B,F24C

Abstract:
1. A natural convection steam cooking device, comprising: a cooking cavity having a floor defining a lower boundary thereof and a sidewall defining a side boundary thereof, said floor having a plurality of first holes therein, said sidewall having a plurality of second holes therein; a steam chamber disposed below said cooking cavity and along said sidewall, said steam chamber operatively connecting to said cooking cavity via said first and second holes for the passage of steam from said steam chamber into said cooking cavity, said steam chamber having a pool disposed below said floor; a heat source for heating water in said pool so as to generate steam in said steam chamber; wherein said steam enters said cooking cavity from said steam chamber via both said first holes and said second holes; and wherein said steam circulates within said device in an unforced manner by natural convection.