Cooking appliance employing radiative flux

An electrical resistance heating assembly comprising:

• a plurality of heating elements, each heating element having a first and second terminal ends and electrically conductive portions between the first and second terminal ends, the electrically conductive portions defining a sheet with a plurality of openings and first and second opposed faces, the sheet of each heating element having a total area, and each of the heating elements having a radiating area arranged to emit radiation in a wavelength range of 0.75 to 10 microns along with visible light in a wavelength range of 570 to 800 nanometers, wherein a ratio of the radiating area to the total area of each heating element being 5% to 25%.

A cooking device comprising:

• a housing defining an interior area including a cooking space;
• and
• an electrical resistance heating element including a plurality of heating elements located in the housing and associated with the cooking space, each heating element having a first and second terminal ends and electrically conductive portions between the first and second terminal ends, the electrically conductive portions defining a sheet with a plurality of openings and first and second opposed faces, the plurality of heating elements being arranged with first faces oriented toward the cooking space and each of the heating elements having a radiating area arranged to emit radiation in a wavelength range of 0.75 to 10 microns along with visible light in a wavelength range of 570 to 800 nanometers toward the cooking space, and wherein a ratio of a total radiating area of the plurality of heating elements to an area of the cooking space receiving the radiation is 1% to 20%.