Patent ID: 7360533

Claim:
A speed cooking oven for cooking a food product by hot gas and microwave energy, said oven comprising: (a) an oven cavity for containing said food product, said oven cavity having a bottom; (b) a conduit means associated with the cooking chamber, said conduit means providing for the circulation of the gas to and from the cooking chamber; (c) a variable speed blower motor for causing circulation of the gas; (d) a thermal means for heating the gas; (e) a control means for controlling the gas; (f) a first gas directing means associated with the conduit means and disposed above the food product and above said bottom of the oven cavity; (g) a second gas directing means associated with the conduit means disposed above the food product and above said bottom of the oven cavity, wherein the first and second gas directing means are configured to cause the gas from the first gas directing means to collide with the gas from the second gas directing means upon the upper surface of the food product; (h) a third gas directing means associated with the conduit means and disposed below the food product and above said bottom of the oven cavity; (i) a fourth gas directing means associated with the conduit means disposed below the food product and above said bottom of the oven cavity, wherein the third and fourth gas directing means are configured to cause the gas from the third gas directing means to collide with the gas from the fourth gas directing means upon the bottom surface of the food product; (j) microwave waveguides disposed above said bottom of the oven cavity for launching microwave energy into the oven cavity: (k) wherein said bottom of the oven cavity is smooth and continuous with no heating elements, air ducts or microwave launchers to facilitate easy cleaning of the bottom of the oven cavity.