Patent ID: 8304696

Claim:
A barbeque oven for cooking food comprising: a housing having a cooking chamber sized and shaped for receiving the food to be cooked, the cooking chamber having an upper portion and a lower portion; a heating source for heating air in the housing, the heating source being located below the lower portion of the cooking chamber; circulating ducting in fluid communication with the chamber, the ducting defining a fluid passage having an inlet proximate the upper portion of the chamber and an outlet proximate the lower portion of the chamber; an air mover for moving heated air in the chamber through the fluid passage from the upper portion of the chamber to the lower portion of the chamber; a fire chamber in the housing sized and shaped for receiving combustible material therein to generate heat and smoke for cooking the food such that the heating source is located in the fire chamber outside of the cooking chamber; a firewall separating the fire chamber and the cooking chamber; and a delivery duct extending between the fire chamber and the cooking chamber.