Patent ID: 8997730
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B01D,F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven comprising: an oven housing defining a cooking volume and having a door providing access to a cooking volume and sealing the cooking volume when the door is in a closed position; a heater communicating with the cooking volume to heat the same; a condenser chamber communicating with the cooking volume through a drain opening, the condenser chamber having an exit port communicating with atmosphere outside of the cooking volume and the condenser chamber adapted to hold a pool of water of the condenser chamber at a water level; a grease segregation wall separating the condenser chamber into a first collection chamber and a second collection chamber and intersecting the water level to segregate grease passing through the drain opening to a reservoir area within the first collection chamber wherein the drain opening is in the first collection chamber and the exit port is in the second collection chamber and the grease segregation wall is adapted to require steam to flow from the drain opening to pass under the grease segregation wall; a pump communicating through an opening in the first collection chamber with the reservoir area to pump grease from the reservoir area out of the first collection chamber; and a freshwater inlet, to introduce freshwater directly into the second collection chamber from a source external to the condenser chamber, located in the second collection chamber and adapted to provide freshwater to the second collection chamber to control the temperature of the contained water without passing through grease accumulated in the first collection chamber.