Patent ID: 8851061

Claim:
An oven comprising: an oven cavity with top, bottom, back and side wall panels, at least one side wall panel comprising a ventilation aperture; a duct in fluid communication with the ventilation aperture, a first portion of the duct in fluid communication with a supply of ambient air that is external to the oven cavity, and a second portion of the duct in fluid communication with a supply of heated air that is internal to the oven cavity; a blower in fluid communication with the duct, the blower forcing the supply of ambient air into the first portion of the duct and into the oven cavity via the ventilation aperture; a damper in fluid communication with the first portion of the duct to control the supply of ambient air into the duct; and a fan in fluid communication with the ventilation aperture configured to draw a combination of the ambient air and heated air in the duct into the oven cavity and provide a cooling airflow into the oven cavity, wherein the ventilation aperture is aligned in the at least one side wall panel of the oven cavity to direct the cooling airflow along lateral sides of an object positioned within the oven cavity to cool the lateral sides of the object at a higher rate than a top and a bottom of the object during cooking.