Patent ID: 7370647

Claim:
An oven comprising: a cooking chamber defined by chamber walls; a baffle plate supported in said cooking chamber to define a cooking area and a fan area so that a space is provided between at least two opposite edges of said baffle plate and said chamber walls, said baffle plate comprising a plurality of perforations; a catalytic converter mounted to an upstream face of said baffle plate to cover all of said perforations; a grease filter mounted on an upstream side of said catalytic converter; and a fan disposed in said fan area to circulate air between said cooking area and said fan area via said space, said grease filter, said catalytic converter, said perforations and said fan, wherein cooking byproducts entrained in the air in said cooking area are substantially removed by said grease filter and said catalytic converter before the air exits said cooking area via said perforations and do not contaminate said fan.