Patent ID: 8881644

Claim:
A self-basting roasting oven comprising: a roasting enclosure including a body having an upper lip, a sloping bottom with a sump, and a cavity, said roasting enclosure further including a lid for resting on said lip; an electric pump within said cavity; a pump inlet tube operatively connecting said pump to said sump; a tube joint adjacent said lip; a lower riser tube extending from said pump into said tube joint; a dispersing header attached to said lid, said dispersing header including a spray nozzle; a handle attached to said lid by a fastener that also attaches said dispersing header to said lid; and, an upper riser tube extending from said dispersing header to fit into said tube joint; wherein said upper riser tube is joined in fluid communication with said lower riser tube, via said tube joint, when said lid rests on said lip of said body; and, wherein liquid in said body drains into said sump for being pumped by said pump from said sump, through said pump inlet tube, through said lower riser tube, through said upper riser tube and into said dispersing header.