Patent ID: 6872926

Claim:
A rapid cook oven comprising: an oven cavity including an interior portion, and an open frontal portion; and a convection cooking system for use in heating the oven cavity during a cooking operation, said convection cooking system including: a housing; an oven air passage enabling a flow of oven air into the housing; a fresh air passage enabling a flow of fresh air into the housing; a mixing chamber adapted to receive each of the flow of oven air and the flow of fresh air; a combustion chamber defined in the housing; an electric heating element positioned in the combustion chamber; a recirculation passage adapted to pass a combined oven air flow mixture composed of the flow of oven air and the flow of fresh ambient air from the housing and into the oven cavity; and a dual flow fan rotatably mounted in the housing, said dual flow fan including a first portion arranged to draw in the flow of oven air and a second portion arranged to draw in the flow of fresh air, wherein operation of the dual flow fan combines the flow of oven air and the flow of fresh air and directs the combined air flow into the oven cavity through the combustion chamber in which the combined air flow is passed over the heating element such that food byproducts contained within the combined air flow are consumed.