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An oven for cooking food products comprising a substantially closed enclosure except for an inlet and an outlet in the end walls of the oven. A heater means extends through the top wall of the enclosure into the cooking chamber for producing a gaseous cooking medium and suction fan means are provide

An oven for cooking food products comprising a substantially closed enclosure except for an inlet and an outlet in the end walls of the oven. A heater means extends through the top wall of the enclosure into the cooking chamber for producing a gaseous cooking medium and suction fan means are provided on the enclosure top wall on either side of the heater means and in relatively closely spaced relation to the outlet of the heater means, and a source of moisture is disposed between the heater means outlet and the suction side of each of the fans for mixing moisture with the heated medium from the heater means. A conveyor is adapted to receive food products and move the products through the oven from the inlet to the outlet thereof, and duct fingers are provided both above and below the conveyor for directing and impinging the heated gaseous cooking medium onto the food products being moved by the conveyor through the oven. A second chamber separate from the cooking chamber is provided in communication with the pressure side of each of the fans and connected to the duct fingers for directing the mixture of heated gaseous medium and moisture withdrawn from the cooking chamber by the fans to the duct fingers to then be applied thereby to the food product. Recycling of the cooking medium is accomplished and the oven is so constructed that cleaning thereof is materially facilitated. A novel method of mass cooking of food product is also disclosed.

대표청구항 ▼

A food cooking oven comprising top and bottom walls, side walls and end walls defining a substantially closed vapor leak proof enclosure except for an inlet and an outlet in said end walls, said enclosure defining a cooking chamber for receiving food product therein, means for conveying food product

A food cooking oven comprising top and bottom walls, side walls and end walls defining a substantially closed vapor leak proof enclosure except for an inlet and an outlet in said end walls, said enclosure defining a cooking chamber for receiving food product therein, means for conveying food product through said chamber from said inlet and exiting through said outlet, heater means extending through said top wall for heating a gaseous medium and directing it into said chamber, suction fan means on said top wall on either side of said heater means and with the suction side of said fan means being in relatively closely spaced relation from the outlet of said heater means in said chamber, a source of moisture disposed between said heater means outlet and said suction side of each said fan means in said chamber for mixing moisture with the heated medium from said heater means in said chamber, means disposed above and below said conveying means for directing streams of gaseous medium to opposite sides of said conveying means for cooking food products thereon, a second chamber separate from said cooking chamber and in communication with the pressure side of each said fan means and connected with the fourth mentioned means for directing the mixture of heated gaseous medium and moisture withdrawn from said cooking chamber by said fan means to said fourth mentioned means.