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An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service includes a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, at least one microwave generator, at least one set of nozzles, tubes or apertures disposed above a food product disposed within

An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service includes a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, at least one microwave generator, at least one set of nozzles, tubes or apertures disposed above a food product disposed within the oven, at least one blower having an RPM in the range between about 3000 to about 4000 at 100 percent velocity, wherein the blower circulates at least a portion of gas from the nozzles, tubes or apertures into the cooking chamber substantially toward the food product and back to the nozzles, tubes or apertures, and a thermal energy source that heats the gas, wherein the heated gas at or near the food product disposed in the cooking chamber exhibits a flow rate of at least about 150 CFM.

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1. An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service, said oven comprising: a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall;at least one microwave generator that communicates microwave into said cooking chamber;a plurality of nozzles,

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An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service, said oven comprising: a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall;at least one microwave generator that communicates microwave into said cooking chamber;a plurality of nozzles, tubes or apertures disposed above a food product disposed within said oven;at least one blower having an RPM in the range between about 3000 to about 4000, wherein said blower circulates at least a portion of gas through said nozzles, tubes or apertures into said cooking chamber substantially toward said food product and back to said nozzles, tubes or apertures, said gas exiting said cooking chamber through at least one of said first side wall and said second side wall into a plenum, said plenum increasing in size from a first side of said plenum toward a second side of said plenum along a length of said one of said first side wall and said second side wall; anda thermal energy source that heats said gas;wherein said heated gas at or near said food product disposed in said cooking chamber exhibits a flow rate of at least about 150 CFM. 2. The oven according to claim 1, wherein said microwave generator comprises first and second magnetrons. 3. The oven according to claim 2, further comprising a controller which causes said first and second magnetrons to operate at separate times from one another, such that at no time does said first magnetron operate while said second magnetron is in operation and vice versa. 4. The oven according to claim 2, wherein said first and second magnetrons each have an amperage in the range between about 6.8 to 7.4 amperes. 5. The oven according to claim 2, further comprising a controller which causes said first and second magnetrons to operate at the same time without operating said thermal energy source. 6. The oven according to claim 1, further comprising at least one infrared heat element disposed beneath said food product. 7. The oven according to claim 6, further comprising a secondary source of heated air which is positioned to direct secondary heated air from near the bottom of said cooking chamber, such that said secondary heated air passes over or comes into contact with said infrared heating element. 8. The oven according to claim 6, wherein said infrared element has a wattage in the range between about 1200 Watts to about 1800 Watts. 9. The oven according to claim 1, wherein said oven exhibits a noise level when cooking said food product in the range between about 55.2 decibels to about 57.6 decibels. 10. The oven according to claim 1, wherein said blower has a RPM less than about 4000. 11. The oven according to claim 10, wherein said blower has an RPM of about 3,600. 12. The oven according to claim 1, wherein said thermal energy source has a wattage of between about 3600 Watts to about 4800 Watts. 13. An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service, said oven comprising: a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall;at least one microwave generator;a plurality of nozzles, tubes or apertures disposed above a food product disposed within said oven;at least one blower, wherein said blower circulates at least a portion of gas through said nozzles, tubes or apertures into said cooking chamber substantially toward said food product and back to said nozzles, tubes or apertures;a thermal energy source that heats said gas; anda controller that at least partially activates or deactivates said microwave generator, said blower, and/or said thermal energy source such that said oven does not draw in excess of about 20 Amperes. 14. The oven according to claim 13, wherein said blower has an RPM in the range between about 3000 to about 4000, wherein said heated gas at or near said food product disposed in said cooking chamber exhibits a flow rate of at least about 150 CFM. 15. The oven according to claim 14, wherein said blower has a RPM less than about 4000. 16. The oven according to claim 15, wherein said blower has an RPM of about 3,600. 17. The oven according to claim 13, further comprising at least one temperature sensor disposed within the oven that detects a temperature therein and outputs a signal indicative of said temperature in said oven to said controller, and wherein said controller turns said thermal energy source on and off so the oven does not exceed 20 ampere single phase electrical service based upon said output. 18. The oven according to claim 13, wherein said microwave generator comprises first and second magnetrons. 19. The oven according to claim 18, further comprising a controller which causes said first and second magnetrons to operate at separate times from one another, such that at no time does said first magnetron operate while said second magnetron is in operation and vice versa. 20. The oven according to claim 18, wherein said first and second magnetrons each have an amperage in the range between about 6.8 to 7.4 amperes. 21. The oven according to claim 18, further comprising a controller which causes said first and second magnetrons to operate at the same time without operating said thermal energy source. 22. The oven according to claim 13, further comprising at least one infrared heat element disposed beneath said food product. 23. The oven according to claim 22, further comprising a secondary source of heated air which is positioned to direct secondary heated air from near the bottom of said cooking chamber, such that said secondary heated air passes over or comes into contact with said infrared heating element. 24. The oven according to claim 22, wherein said infrared element has a wattage in the range between about 1200 Watts to about 1800 Watts. 25. The oven according to claim 13, wherein said thermal energy source has a wattage of between about 3600 Watts to about 4800 Watts.