Patent ID: 6854457

Claim:
A rack oven, comprising: a baking chamber; a door providing access to the baking chamber; a steam generator for providing moisture-containing air to the baking chamber; a heat exchanger section positioned outside the baking chamber and alongside a first wall of the baking chamber; at least one air outlet positioned in a first corner panel of the baking chamber and in flow communication with the heat exchanger section, the first corner panel adjacent the first wall of the baking chamber; at least one air inlet positioned in a second corner panel of the baking chamber and in flow communication with the heat exchanger section; and at least one blower positioned to circulate air through the oven, when the blower is operated air flows generally horizontally through the heat exchanger section, through the air inlet into the baking chamber, generally horizontally through the baking chamber, and through the air outlet back into the heat exchanger section.