Continuous mode conveyor cooking utilizing hot air jet impingement and microwave energy

A method for continuously cooking prepared foods using a conveyor system utilizing hot air jet impingement and microwave energy comprising:

• a. providing one or more housings, each comprising a central microwave section, and a first end portion and a second end portion on either side of the microwave section;
• b. providing a food insert entrance portion defined within the first end portion of each housing for inputting food, to be cooked, into each housing;
• c. providing a food extraction exit portion defined within the second end portion of each housing for extracting food, that has been cooked, out from each housing;
• d. providing three endless conveyor belts disposed within each housing and cooperating with each other for propelling the food, to be cooked, from the food insert entrance portion of each housing, through the central microwave section of each housing, to the food extraction exit portion of each housing;
• e. providing, in each first end portion and second end portion, upward and downward directed impingement air jet tubes for heating and upward and downward directed solid pins, all of the same length, the combination of which is configured to function as a microwave energy attenuation system to control microwave energy leakage from each first end portion and second end portion.