Patent ID: 6342262
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: A47J,F24C

Abstract:
A process for cooking food in the cooking cavity of an oven using thermal energy of saturated steam as the energy source comprising:(a) spraying water into the cooking cavity; (b) heating mist resulting from spraying the water to produce saturated steam; (c) discontinuing spraying water once sufficient saturated steam has been produced to prepare food placed into the cooking cavity, while the saturated steam cooks the food; (d) after the temperature of the saturated steam has dropped to the point at which the steam is no longer saturated, conveying the steam into a cooling cavity located outside the oven and connected to the cooking cavity; (e) cooling the steam rapidly to condense the steam to water and collecting the condensed water on the floor of the cooling cavity; (f) after the steam has been condensed, spraying another dose of water into the cooking cavity.