Patent ID: 7323663

Claim:
An infrared oven, comprising: an oven housing; an oven chamber adapted for receiving a food, the oven chamber located within the oven housing; at least one first infrared heater comprising an electrically conductive filament inside of a chemically etched quartz glass tube, the at least one first infrared heater being located inside of the oven chamber and positioned to be on one side of the food; and at least one second infrared heater comprising an electrically conductive filament inside of a chemically etched quartz glass tube, the at least one second infrared heater being located inside of the oven chamber and positioned to be on another side of the food; wherein the at least one first and the at least one second infrared heaters emit radiant heat at infrared wavelengths from about 1 to 3 microns for cooking the food.