A food cooking oven comprising: a cooking chamber; at least two heaters (110, 120) located in the cooking chamber for cooking food items in the cooking chamber; a control circuit for controlling individual operation of the heaters (110, 120) in terms of at least one of time of operation and power of operation; a conveyor provided in the cooking chamber for conveying food items successively, from an entrance to said cooking chamber, past the heaters (110, 120) for cooking thereby, and to an exit from said cooking chamber; and a user control device allowing a user to enter a cooking control signal for the control circuit to control the operation of the heaters (110, 120) as the conveyer conveys food items past the heaters (110, 120), thereby determining how said food items are cooked, wherein the conveyor comprises first and second vertical discs which are driven to rotate together about a horizontal axis, each of said first and second discs having an inner surface bearing an annular series of clamps, the clamps on the first said disc being aligned with respective clamps on the second said disc, a first fixed roller being provided inside the entrance to said cooking chamber for opening a said pair of clamps to receive a food item to be cooked, a second fixed roller being provided adjacent the exit from said cooking chamber to open a said pair of clamps to release a cooked food item therefrom, and the oven further comprises a pair of aligned vertical fork plates, hinged for limited pivotal movement about a horizontal axis, provided at a feeding station located at said entrance of the cooking chamber for receiving the ends of a skewer, wherein the fork plates are spring-loaded to face normally upwards for holding a food item at the entrance of the cooking chamber; a lever for pivoting the fork plates toward the cooking chamber; and a pair of turn plates including notches for receiving the ends of the skewer and then turning the food item onto a pair of said clamps opened by said first roller, the oven comprising a pair of guide rails, at the bottom of which said turn plates are positioned; and wherein the lever is configured to actuate a toggle switch that triggers start of operation of the conveyor and the heater control circuit. a cooking chamber; at least two heaters (110, 120) located in the cooking chamber for cooking food items in the cooking chamber; a control circuit for controlling individual operation of the heaters (110, 120) in terms of at least one of time of operation and power of operation; a conveyor provided in the cooking chamber for conveying food items successively, from an entrance to said cooking chamber, past the heaters (110, 120) for cooking thereby, and to an exit from said cooking chamber; and a user control device allowing a user to enter a cooking control signal for the control circuit to control the operation of the heaters (110, 120) as the conveyer conveys food items past the heaters (110, 120), thereby determining how said food items are cooked, wherein the conveyor comprises first and second vertical discs which are driven to rotate together about a horizontal axis, each of said first and second discs having an inner surface bearing an annular series of clamps, the clamps on the first said disc being aligned with respective clamps on the second said disc, a first fixed roller being provided inside the entrance to said cooking chamber for opening a said pair of clamps to receive a food item to be cooked, a second fixed roller being provided adjacent the exit from said cooking chamber to open a said pair of clamps to release a cooked food item therefrom, and the oven further comprises a pair of aligned vertical fork plates, hinged for limited pivotal movement about a horizontal axis, provided at a feeding station located at said entrance of the cooking chamber for receiving the ends of a skewer, wherein the fork plates are spring-loaded to face normally upwards for holding a food item at the entrance of the cooking chamber; a lever for pivoting the fork plates toward the cooking chamber; and a pair of turn plates including notches for receiving the ends of the skewer and then turning the food item onto a pair of said clamps opened by said first roller, the oven comprising a pair of guide rails, at the bottom of which said turn plates are positioned; and wherein the lever is configured to actuate a toggle switch that triggers start of operation of the conveyor and the heater control circuit.