Patent ID: 6595117
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A21B,A47J

Abstract:
A cooking device which comprises:an air impingement assembly which is capable of contacting a food product with heated air from above; a housing having an inlet and an outlet, wherein a passageway is disposed therebetween for movement of a food product from said inlet to said outlet; a means for moving said food product along said passageway, wherein said passageway has first and second toasting areas along the direction of said passageway between said inlet and said outlet, and wherein said air impingement assembly has a first air delivery plenum located in said first area and a second air delivery plenum located in said second area; and a heater assembly, which is located below said food product and which is capable of imparting a desired amount of crunchiness to said food product, wherein said air impingement assembly includes means for separately adjusting the distance between said first and second air delivery plenums and said passageway so as to vary the temperature of the heating air in each of first and second cooking zones.