Patent ID: 6833533
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: A21B

Abstract:
A pizza oven comprising:(a) a cooking chamber having a loading port and a dispensing port; (b) a conveyor extending longitudinally through the cooking chamber from the loading port to the dispensing port; (c) an air plenum having an air intake port and having a plurality of air output ports; (d) air moving means connected operatively to the air plenum for moving heated air from the air intake port to the air output ports; and, (e) upper or lower pluralities of ducts overlying or underlying the conveyor, each duct having a proximal end attached to the plenum and a distal end, each duct further having proximal and distal air discharge ports respectively positioned proximally and distally from a vertical plane extending longitudinally along and substantially centrally through the conveyor, each duct's proximal air discharge port being larger than said each duct's distal air discharge port.