Patent ID: 7543529

Claim:
A vertically orientated rotisserie cooking oven operatively configured to cook food items having an external surface and an internal region, the oven comprising: a. a housing having a central chamber comprising a high radiant energy zone, b. an access panel positioned on the housing to provide access to a central chamber, c. a substantially vertically orientated center flame post comprising a plurality of fuel jets, d. a drive system having rotary members operatively configured to rotate about a center axis and about a skewer axis, the rotary members having skewer items operatively configured to have the food items positioned thereon, e. a secondary heat source positioned at a peripheral location within the chamber, wherein the secondary heat source is operatively configured to provide heat within the central chamber at the high radiant energy zone, f. whereas the food items positioned in the central chamber pass through the high radiant energy zone between the center flame post and the secondary heat source and these food items can be transferred thereto from the central region of the chamber through the access panel, g. whereby the jets comprise a mixing chamber having a diameter between 0.0905 inches and 0.1905 inches and a flow control orifice positioned in a rearward portion of the mixing chamber having a diameter between 0.019 inches and 0.029 inches with an air intake diameter for two air intake ports between 0.085 inches and 0.120 inches in communication with the mixing chamber and is operatively configured to combust liquid propane.