Patent ID: 8776675

Claim:
A meat cooker for effectively cooking meat by using heated convection air to cook inside meat sections and filings, and radiant heat cook outside meat sections, said meat cooker comprising: a frame having a cooking zone therein; a heat exchange assembly located proximate to said cooking zone; first and second fans located adjacent to said cooking zone; and a spit disposed at said cooking zone and spaced downstream of said heat exchange assembly; wherein said first fan generates and transmits a first quantity of ambient air along a first travel path inside said heat exchange assembly; wherein said second fan generates and transmits a second quantity of ambient air along a second travel path outside said heat exchange assembly; wherein said first and second quantities of ambient air are heated to corresponding first and second temperatures upon passing beyond said heat exchange assembly and reaching said spit; wherein said heat exchange assembly includes a plurality of tubes; wherein said spit includes an outer surface having a plurality of perforations spaced along a longitudinal length thereof; wherein said first travel path passes through an interior of said tubes and said spit, and thereafter exits from said perforations of said spit; wherein said second travel path traverses an exterior of said tubes and said spit.