Patent ID: 8304697

Claim:
An oven for cooking food products comprising: an oven chamber comprising at least one side wall and a bottom wall; a thermal unit that supplies thermal energy to said oven chamber to cook a food product; a smoker assembly that supplies smoke to said food product; and a controller that comprises a processor, a cook program and a smoke program, wherein said processor executes said cook program and said smoke program to operate said thermal unit and said smoker assembly to supply said thermal energy and said smoke to cook said food product, wherein said oven chamber comprises a plurality shelf holders, wherein said smoker assembly comprises a heater element and a pan that contains a smoke media, wherein said pan and said heater element are shaped for disposition in said oven chamber below a lowermost one of said shelf holders and above said bottom wall, and wherein said heater element comprises an upper level which extends through said side wall and a lower level that supports said pan below said lowermost shelf holder and above said bottom wall.