Patent ID: 6250210
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A21B,A47J

Abstract:
A high efficiency infrared oven for cooking a plurality of food items comprising:(a) a housing having a housing wall including a proximal permanent food access opening for inserting and removing food products to be processed to thereby provide a continuous and uninterrupted fluid communication with the ambient atmosphere;(b) a high thermal storage capacity food product support panel horizontally and rotationally mounted within said housing;(c) means for conductive heating of said support panel for delivering heat into said panel to, therefrom, conducively transfer stored heat into food products placed upon said panel; and(d) at least one infrared energy source oriented to deliver heat to a surface of said support panel as the same rotates to provide thereon a region of intensified cooking, into and out of which food items pass as said food product support panel is rotated.