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Food cooking apparatus for melting cheese disposed on a food product. The cheese topped food product, for example a bun half, burger patty and cheese stack, is transferred in and out of a cooking chamber by a trolley. Entry of the trolley to the cooking chamber starts a cooking cycle. A steam genera

Food cooking apparatus for melting cheese disposed on a food product. The cheese topped food product, for example a bun half, burger patty and cheese stack, is transferred in and out of a cooking chamber by a trolley. Entry of the trolley to the cooking chamber starts a cooking cycle. A steam generator provides pressurized steam from a location just above the cheese by a distance of up to about 2.0 inches for a short time until the cheese is melted. The trolley carries a transport medium upon which the food product is placed. A plurality of holes is disposed in the medium to remove from it any water formed by condensation. The steam generator includes a heated platen and a lid that form a steam generating chamber. Water is injected into the chamber onto the heated platen in a small enough quantity that substantially all of the water is converted to steam substantially instantaneously. The steam quickly pressurizes the chamber and is forced through passageways disposed in bosses that extend from the platen into the chamber. The steam exits the passageways on the outside surface of the platen.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Food cooking apparatus for rapidly heating a food product, said food cooking apparatus comprising:a cooking chamber;a transport adapted to hold a food product,a transport medium along which said transport is movable between first and second positions located inside and ou

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Food cooking apparatus for rapidly heating a food product, said food cooking apparatus comprising:a cooking chamber;a transport adapted to hold a food product,a transport medium along which said transport is movable between first and second positions located inside and outside of said cooking chamber, respectively;means for dispensing steam into said cooking chamber from a location above said food product to rapidly heat said food product during a cook cycle when said transport is in said first position;wherein said transport has a surface upon which said food product is disposed, said transport surface having at least one perforation through which condensation formed by said steam drains; andwherein said transport medium is shaped to catch said drained condensation and remove it from said cooking chamber.