Patent ID: 8076616
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: A47J,H05B

Abstract:
1. A cook and hold system for cooking and holding food products, comprising: an oven comprising a bottom and a plurality of walls that form a cook chamber, an impingement plate that is disposed above said bottom and that comprises an array of jet holes shaped to provide columns of impingement airflow; one or more food trays that carry said food products and that are disposed in said cook chamber above said impingement plate, each of said food trays comprising a bottom with a plurality of parallel ribs in which a plurality of rib holes is disposed, wherein said impingement airflow directly contacts said food products via said rib holes during cooking in said cook chamber; and a food warmer that holds said one or more food trays carrying said food products and that comprises at least one opening for insertion and removal of said food trays, and wherein said opening is covered by a door to retain moisture and heat of said food products.