Patent ID: 6936794

Claim:
A merchandiser for displaying and warming previously baked dough products under controlled drying conditions, comprising: an enclosure having one or more wall members that define an interior space, with at least a portion of one of the wall members being transparent; at least one opening for access into the interior space; a removable support member within the enclosure that includes at least one support surface for previously baked dough products and a spacing arrangement configured and adapted to reproducibly position the support member within the interior space of the enclosure member, wherein the spacing arrangement is operatively associated with the support member and at least one wall member to provide sufficient spacing between the support member and the at least one wall member to facilitate substantially uniform airflow around each support surface and throughout the enclosure; and a heating system for providing heated air in the enclosure, wherein the substantially uniform airflow provides controlled drying of the previously baked dough products in the enclosure.