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An oven for cooking a food product that is exactly controlled for various cooking parameters, including cooking time, temperature, cooking elements used and cooking element duty cycle. Top and bottom cooking elements are provided in the oven. Temperature sensors are placed between each cooking eleme

An oven for cooking a food product that is exactly controlled for various cooking parameters, including cooking time, temperature, cooking elements used and cooking element duty cycle. Top and bottom cooking elements are provided in the oven. Temperature sensors are placed between each cooking element and the food product. The oven temperature is sensed when the food product is placed in the oven. The type of food product placed in the oven is indicated by the baker a control panel. Previously stored data indicates the cooking parameters to provide the best possible food product. The microprocessor controls the cooking elements to cook the food product according to the cooking parameters. As the correct cooking temperature is approached, the duty cycle of the cooking elements is lowered to ensure that the proper temperature is not exceeded. Once the correct cooking temperature is reached, the cooking elements operate at a predetermined duty cycle for the remaining cooking time. An indication is provided that the food product is done and the food product is removed from the oven. Openings are provided in the oven to permit heat to escape and to permit the food product to be removed from the front or back of the oven.

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A method of cooking a food product comprising: placing said food product in an oven having a programmable electronic controller; sensing a beginning top temperature of said oven of said oven above said food product; sensing a beginning bottom temperature of said oven below said food product; heating

A method of cooking a food product comprising: placing said food product in an oven having a programmable electronic controller; sensing a beginning top temperature of said oven of said oven above said food product; sensing a beginning bottom temperature of said oven below said food product; heating said oven with the top cooking element to a final top temperature; heating said oven with the bottom cooking element to a final bottom temperature; measuring the time for said top temperature to reach said final top temperature; measuring the time for said bottom temperature to reach said final bottom temperature; calculating the remaining cooking time for said food product by said top and bottom cooking elements for said food product at each of said final temperatures using an equation that contains Ts that has been previously determined and stored according to the formula: [Figure] where T1 is the first temperature at which said food product is cooked, t1 is the time for said food product to cook at said first temperature T1, T2 is a second, higher temperature, t2 is the time taken for said product to cook at T2, as previously determined, and * is a multiplication symbol, to determine a fraction of doneness of said food product achieved by cooking said food product during the time that said oven is heating up from said beginning temperatures to said final temperatures; and leaving said food product in said oven until said remaining cooking time has passed for both of said elements at said final temperatures, and removing said food product from said oven when said remaining time has expired.