Patent ID: 6517882
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A21B

Abstract:
An oven assembly for the cooking of food products, the oven assembly comprising:a cooking chamber defined at least in part by at least two pairs of oppositely disposed first and second wall structures, each of the wall structures including at least one slot opening for the passage of air therethrough and a rotating valve in both heated air receiving communication and return air communication with a heat source, the rotating valve in heated air distributing communication with the first wall structure and in return air communication with the second wall structure of only one of the two pairs of oppositely disposed first and second wall structures at a selected point in time such that heated air is passed through the at least one slot opening in the first wall structure into the cooking chamber and return air from the cooking chamber is passed through the at least one slot opening in the oppositely disposed second wall structure and to the rotating valve for return to the heat source, the rotating valve being capable of rotation to be in heated air distributing communication with the first wall structure and in return air communication with the second wall structure of the other of the two pairs of oppositely disposed first and second wall structures at a subsequent selected point in time.