Patent ID: 8291896
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A47J,F24C

Abstract:
1. An outdoor oven, comprising: a combustion burner; a top, a bottom, and four sides forming a cooking chamber, wherein the bottom comprises an opening for receiving combustion air flow from the combustion burner, wherein the combustion burner is positioned outside the cooking chamber below the opening, wherein one side of the four sides comprises a door; a substantially planar baffle comprising a thickness and material selected to inhibit heat transfer through the baffle, wherein a planar dimension of the baffle is larger than a planar dimension of the opening and less than an interior dimension of the cooking chamber to permit combustion air flow to pass around the baffle and inside the cooking chamber, wherein the baffle is located inside the cooking chamber at a first distance above the opening; a cooking plane member positioned a distance below the cooking chamber top side and above the planar baffle and defining an upper portion and lower portion of the cooking chamber, configured for supporting items located within an upper portion of the cooking chamber, and configured to permit heated air and combustion products to pass into said upper portion of the cooking chamber above the cooking plane member and into a lower portion of the cooking chamber below the cooking plane member, wherein the lower portion of the cooking chamber is above the baffle; and a vent passing through the side opposite the door, whereby the cooking chamber is in communication with the environment, wherein the vent comprises a slot having a length substantially equal to a length of the cooking plane member and is located above the opening and below the baffle, wherein air exits the cooking chamber substantially through the vent.