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A conveyorized, electrically heated oven provides controlled top and bottom heating for pizza or other food products. Cooking is accomplished in two ways. The top of the food is cooked with heated air circulated within the oven, while the bottom of the food is heated by electric heating elements loc

A conveyorized, electrically heated oven provides controlled top and bottom heating for pizza or other food products. Cooking is accomplished in two ways. The top of the food is cooked with heated air circulated within the oven, while the bottom of the food is heated by electric heating elements located between live conveyor rolls. Heated air within the oven is recirculated. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, two parallel conveyor lines are provided, with controls to permit use of one or both lines. Because of the heat recirculation system, the oven does not require a heat vent and energy consumption is reduced.

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A conveyorized oven comprising: an insulated oven housing having at least one pair of spaced apart openings and an elongate heating tunnel located between each pair of openings; conveyor means extending between each pair of said openings and adapted for moving a product to be heated from one of said

A conveyorized oven comprising: an insulated oven housing having at least one pair of spaced apart openings and an elongate heating tunnel located between each pair of openings; conveyor means extending between each pair of said openings and adapted for moving a product to be heated from one of said openings to the other of said openings through said heating tunnel, said conveyor means comprising a bed of live rollers and said oven further comprising motor means coupled to said rollers for revolving said rollers whereby product may be moved through said heating tunnel; heating element means located along the floor of said heating tunnel and adapted for heating product carried through said heating tunnel by said conveyor means, said heating element means comprising a plurality of elongate electrical resistance heating elements and wherein said resistance heating elements are disposed between said live rollers; fan means; duct means coupled to said fan means and including outlet means within said heating tunnel above said conveyor means; and, air heating means for heating air flowing through said duct means whereby product carried through said heating tunnel by said conveyor means is heated by heated air as well as by said heating element means.