Patent ID: 8294070
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A21B,F24C,H05B

Abstract:
1. A cooking appliance for cooking food items using multiple cooking techniques comprising: a cabinet; an oven cavity arranged in the cabinet, said oven cavity including top, bottom, rear and opposing side walls; an oven rack supported in the oven cavity, said oven rack being spaced from the bottom wall of the oven cavity; a heating element positioned below the oven rack, said heating element being spaced from the bottom wall of the oven cavity; a microwave cooking system for selectively performing a portion of a cooking operation in the oven cavity; an airflow delivery system including: a heating element arranged downstream of the blower and selectively operated to heat the air stream; a catalyst positioned downstream of the heating element for removing foreign particles from the air stream; and an exhaust air system including: a cooling air system for developing a cooling air stream flowing within the cabinet and leading into the first end section of the air mixing tube about the second end portion of the exhaust air tube.