Patent ID: 7458809

Claim:
A kiln, comprising: an oven portion having an insulating sidewall defining an oven space; a metal outer shell having a shell sidewall radially spaced from the oven portion sidewall, wherein an air channel is formed between the outer shell sidewall and the oven portion sidewall and the outer shell having upper and lower vent openings formed therein so that air may flow through the vent openings into and out of the air channel; a control box attached to the outer shell so that the control box does not have direct thermal contact with the oven portion at points of attachment; a set of wheels attached to the control box at a lower portion of the kiln; a handle attached the control box and extending from an upper portion of the kiln; and a platform base disposed beneath the oven portion, the platform base having a height providing a spaced distance between the wheels and a floor when the kiln is sitting upright in an operational position on the floor.