Patent ID: 7004159
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: A21B

Abstract:
1. A conveying oven comprising: a) a housing defining a cooking chamber having a longitudinal axis, a rear entry portion, and a front discharge portion; b) a conveying platform comprising a plurality of elongate platform elements aligned longitudinally in said cooking chamber, c) a lower heating section positioned below said platform and supplying heat to said platform; d) an upper heating section positioned in said chamber and comprising a plurality of infrared heaters directing infrared heat toward food product on said conveying platform; said infrared heaters being arranged so that heat at different intensities is directed at different locations on the platform in a manner that the sequence of heating is controlled so that the food product traveling through the cooking chamber is exposed to greater and lesser intensities of heat at locations along the conveying platform to achieve a desired sequence of cooking conditions for food passing progressively through the cooking chamber.