Patent ID: 9157640
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A21B,F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven, comprising: a housing or structure, the housing or structure having a plurality of inner walls and outer walls, the inner walls defining an oven cavity provided with a door for closing the cavity, a convection-cooking element comprising a cooking fan and heating element, wherein the heating element comprising at least a grill for separately browning the at least one food item with the cooking fan deactivated, at least one aperture being present in at least one of the inner walls of the oven cavity, and in the door, for direct connection to the environment external to the oven, the oven comprising the at least one aperture for introducing ambient air into the cavity during food preparation with the cooking fan in at least one or more different steps, or subsequently a cooling fan cools the cavity at the end of said food preparation and prior to a food browning stage; a controllable interceptor being provided at the aperture to enable selectivity in introducing the ambient air into the cavity; and, a control unit configured to operate an actuator in accordance with an algorithm based on at least one of a cooking time and on the power and time activation of said heating element for cooking foods, such that air penetrates into the oven cavity before commencement of the food browning stage such that an outer surface of the food is irradiated by the heating element.