Patent ID: 7921841

Claim:
An oven for cooking a food product, comprising: a cooking chamber comprising a top and a support for receiving the food product for cooking; a conduit for providing a gas into the cooking chamber; a thermal energy source for heating the gas disposed in the conduit; a first nozzle for causing a first impingement of the gas from the conduit into the cooking chamber; and a second nozzle for causing a second impingement of the gas from the conduit into the cooking chamber, wherein the first nozzle is configured and positioned to direct the first impingement of the gas generally toward a first side of the support, the second nozzle is configured and positioned to direct the second impingement of the gas generally toward a second side of the support, the first and the second sides being generally opposite sides of the support, and the first and the second nozzles are further configured and positioned to respectively direct the first and the second impingements of the gas to meet each other above the food product on the support in the cooking chamber.