Patent ID: 6509550
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: A47J,H05B

Abstract:
A roasting oven comprising:an outer housing having a hinged lid member; a heating well residing within said housing, said heating well having a bottom surface with integrally formed sidewalls and an open top; heating means including a top heating element disposed in said lid member and a wrap-around heating element radially disposed about said heating well and positioned intermediate said housing and said heating well, said heating elements being formed by wrapping heating wire about a mica insulation board having a plurality of notches formed in the lateral edges thereof at periodic intervals such that said heating wire can be engaged within said notches in a repeating pattern, said heating wire being tightly intertwined at the terminal ends thereof with a bundle of nickel lead wires to form a heat sink; temperature controlling means electrically interconnected to said heating means for regulating the temperature of said heating elements, said temperature controlling means being insulated from said heating elements by said heat sink; and function controlling means electrically interconnected to said temperature controlling means and to said heating elements enabling said top heating element and said wrap-around heating element to be selectively energized to provide variable cooking modes.