Patent ID: 8517006

Claim:
A steam oven assembly, comprising: a first steam oven including a housing having a top, a bottom and sides extending from the top to the bottom, a cooking cavity within the housing and a door having an open configuration and a closed configuration; a second steam oven including a housing having a top, a bottom and sides extending from the top to the bottom, a cooking cavity within the housing and a door having an open configuration and a closed configuration, the second steam oven stacked on top of the first steam oven; and a stacking component located between the first and second steam ovens, the stacking component including a substantially planar seating surface on which the second steam oven sits and being configured such that the stacking component nests with the top of the first steam oven to inhibit sliding movement of the second steam oven relative to the first steam oven; wherein the stacking component is formed separate from and secured to the first or second steam oven, the stacking component having four perimeter side walls extending downward from the seating surface to form an upwardly extending cavity at the bottom of the stacking component that receives an upper end of the first steam oven in a nested manner, the four perimeter side walls extending downward along respective sides of the housing of the first steam oven, the stacking component secured to the bottom of the second steam oven, the stacking component including at least one opening in the seating surface for passing a conduit between first steam oven and the second steam oven.