An oven with a sensor positioned to detect an event that will cause a decrease in the internal temperature of a tunnel. The oven includes a controller configured to increase the thermal output of a heating element in anticipation of the upcoming decrease in the internal temperature. In some embodime
An oven with a sensor positioned to detect an event that will cause a decrease in the internal temperature of a tunnel. The oven includes a controller configured to increase the thermal output of a heating element in anticipation of the upcoming decrease in the internal temperature. In some embodiments, the oven is a conveyor over and the sensor is positioned to detect a food item approach the tunnel on a conveyor. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to an electric heating element is increased by increasing the target temperature. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to the electric heating element is increased by a predetermined offset.
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1. A conveyor oven for cooking food product, the conveyor oven comprising: a tunnel having an entrance and an exit;a conveyor to move food product through the tunnel;a heating element to generate heat to be provided to the tunnel;a fan to move air in the tunnel;a first sensor positioned upstream fro
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A conveyor oven for cooking food product, the conveyor oven comprising: a tunnel having an entrance and an exit;a conveyor to move food product through the tunnel;a heating element to generate heat to be provided to the tunnel;a fan to move air in the tunnel;a first sensor positioned upstream from or at the tunnel entrance to detect food product on the conveyor;at least one additional sensor to detect at least one of (i) temperature within the tunnel and (ii) the presence or absence of food product on the conveyor; anda controller that is configured to set the temperature of the tunnel toward a first set-point temperature and operates the fan to move air in the tunnel at a first speed while food product is moving through the tunnel,place the oven in an energy saving mode in response to detection by at least one of the first sensor and the at least one additional sensor of passage of a first predetermined period of time which indicates the absence of food product in the tunnel, wherein during the energy saving mode the controller changes operation of the fan to move air in the tunnel at a second speed slower than the first speed,automatically increase the temperature of the tunnel above the first set-point temperature toward a second set-point temperature after passage of the first predetermined period of time and before food enters the tunnel again, andset the temperature of the tunnel again toward the first set-point temperature after passage of the first predetermined period of time and food product on the conveyor again enters the tunnel. 2. The conveyor oven of claim 1, wherein the second set-point temperature is selected such that the temperature of the tunnel after food product enters the tunnel drops toward the first set-point temperature. 3. The conveyor oven of claim 1, wherein the heating element includes a resistive heating element, and wherein the controller increases the temperature of the tunnel above the first set-point temperature by increasing the current of the resistive heating element by a predetermined current offset amount. 4. The conveyor oven of claim 1, wherein the first sensor comprises an optical sensor. 5. The conveyor oven of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a microprocessor. 6. The conveyor oven of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a programmable logic controller. 7. The conveyor oven of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a PID control module. 8. The conveyor oven of claim 1, further comprising a door providing access to the tunnel and a sensor to detect when the door is open, and wherein the controller increases the temperature of the tunnel toward the second set-point temperature when the sensor detects the door is open. 9. The conveyor oven of claim 1, wherein setting the temperature of the tunnel again toward the first set-point temperature occurs after passage of a second period of time. 10. The conveyor of claim 1, wherein the heating element is a gas burner. 11. The conveyor oven of claim 1, wherein placing the oven in an energy saving mode includes reducing an operating speed of the conveyor. 12. The conveyor of claim 1, wherein the controller increases the temperature of the tunnel toward the second set-point temperature for a second period of time after passage of the first predetermined period of time. 13. A conveyor oven for cooking food product, the conveyor oven comprising: a tunnel having an entrance and an exit;a conveyor to move food product through the tunnel;a heating element to generate heat to be provided to the tunnel;a fan to move air in the tunnel; anda controller that is configured to set the temperature of the tunnel toward a first set-point temperature and operate the fan to move air in the tunnel at a first speed while food product is moving through the tunnel,place the oven in an energy saving mode in response to detection of passage of a first predetermined period of time which indicates the absence of food product in the tunnel, wherein during the energy saving mode the controller automatically increases the temperature of the tunnel toward a second set-point temperature that is higher than the first set-point temperature after detection of passage of the first predetermined period of time and before food product enters the tunnel again, and thencause the oven to exit the energy savings mode whereby the temperature of the tunnel is again set toward the first set-point temperature. 14. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein the second set-point temperature is selected such that the temperature of the tunnel after food product enters the tunnel drops toward the first set-point temperature. 15. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein the heating element includes a resistive heating element, and wherein the controller increases the temperature of the tunnel above the first set-point temperature by increasing the current of the resistive heating element by a predetermined current offset amount. 16. The conveyor oven of claim 13, further comprising a sensor positioned to detect food product on the conveyor upstream from or at the tunnel entrance. 17. The conveyor oven of claim 16, wherein the sensor is an optical sensor. 18. The conveyor oven of claim 13, further comprising at least one sensor to detect at least one of (i) temperature within the tunnel and (ii) the presence or absence of food product on the conveyor. 19. The conveyor oven of claim 13, further comprising a first sensor positioned to detect food product on the conveyor upstream from or at the tunnel entrance and at least one additional sensor to detect at least one of (i) temperature within the tunnel and (ii) the presence or absence of food product on the conveyor. 20. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein the controller comprises a microprocessor. 21. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein the controller comprises a programmable logic controller. 22. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein the controller comprises a PID control module. 23. The conveyor oven of claim 13, further comprising a door providing access to the tunnel and a sensor to detect when the door is open, and wherein the controller increases the temperature of the tunnel toward the second set-point temperature when the sensor detects the door is open. 24. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein the controller sets the temperature of the tunnel toward the first set-point temperature after passage of a second period of time. 25. The conveyor of claim 13, wherein the heating element is a gas burner. 26. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein placing the oven in an energy saving mode includes reducing an operating speed of the conveyor. 27. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein placing the oven in an energy saving mode includes reducing an operating speed of the fan. 28. The conveyor of claim 13, wherein the controller increases the temperature of the tunnel toward the second set-point temperature for a second period of time after passage of the first predetermined period of time. 29. The conveyor oven of claim 13, wherein the controller increases the temperature of the oven toward the second set-point temperature by subtracting an offset from the actual internal oven temperature reading to determine a calculated temperature, compares the calculated temperature to the first set-point temperature, and increases the temperature of the oven if the calculated temperature is less than the first set-point temperature. 30. A method of controlling a conveyor oven for cooking food product, the method comprising: moving food product through a tunnel of the conveyor oven;cooking food product on the conveyor at a cooking temperature that is set at a first set-point temperature;sensing when no food product is being cooked and in response to detection of passage of a first predetermined period of time which indicates no food product is being cooked, automatically changing the conveyor oven to an energy saving mode;automatically increasing the tunnel temperature toward a second set-point temperature that is higher than the first set-point temperature after passage of the first predetermined period of time and before cooking starts again;automatically changing the tunnel temperature back to the first set-point cooking temperature after sensing food product on the conveyor or in the tunnel again;moving food product through the tunnel again while the cooking temperature is at the first set-point temperature; andcooking food product on the conveyor again at the cooking temperature set at the first set-point temperature. 31. The method of controlling a conveyor oven of claim 30, wherein passage of the first predetermined period of time indicates the absence of food product in the tunnel. 32. The method of controlling a conveyor oven of claim 30, further comprising increasing the temperature of the tunnel toward the second set-point temperature for a second period of time after passage of the first period of time. 33. The method of controlling a conveyor oven of claim 30, wherein the second set-point temperature is selected such that the temperature of the tunnel drops toward the first set-point temperature after passage of the first predetermined period of time and when food product again enters the tunnel.
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