Patent ID: 8193470
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A self-cleaning oven, comprising: a cabinet defining an interior cavity for cooking a food product; a door moveable between an open position and a closed position for allowing access to the interior cavity; one or more heating elements positioned in the interior cavity for delivering heat to the interior cavity; a fan positioned within the interior cavity near the one or more heating elements for circulating heated air within the interior cavity during normal cooking operations; a first nozzle positioned in the interior cavity of the oven outside of and above the fan, the first nozzle aimed at a periphery of the fan; and a plumbing system operably connected to a water supply for delivering water into the interior cavity of the oven through the first nozzle, such that, as part of a self-cleaning operation, water is discharged onto the periphery of the fan for distribution throughout the interior cavity of the oven.