Pizza oven including rotating baking stone
AssigneeNapoli, LLC
InventorEric Thomas Bert
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Abstract
An example oven can include: a main body defining a cooking cavity; a front portion of the main body defining a front opening for receiving a food item and acting as an air vent; a baking stone positioned to support the food item; a tray assembly including a grate positioned in the main body; and a gas burner positioned adjacent to the baking stone and the tray assembly; wherein the gas burner is configured to combust a gas to heat the cooking cavity; wherein the gas burner is positioned to ignite fuel on the grate of the tray assembly to further heat the cooking cavity; and wherein the gas burner is positioned to heat at least a portion of the baking stone.
Claims18
An oven, comprising:
- a main body defining a cooking cavity;
- a front portion of the main body defining a front opening for receiving a food item, wherein the food item is a pizza;
- a baking stone positioned to support the food item;
- a tray assembly including a grate positioned in the main body, wherein fuel is placed on the grate adjacent to the baking stone;
- and
- a gas burner positioned adjacent to the baking stone and the tray assembly;
- wherein the gas burner is configured to combust a gas to heat the cooking cavity;
- wherein the gas burner is positioned to ignite the fuel on the grate of the tray assembly to further heat the cooking cavity;
- wherein the gas burner is positioned at least partially under the baking stone to heat an underside of the baking stone;
- wherein the baking stone rotates as the pizza is cooked;
- and
- wherein the fuel is positioned above the baking stone to cook the pizza.
A pizza oven, comprising:
- a main body defining a cooking cavity;
- a front portion of the main body defining a front opening for receiving a pizza and acting as an air vent;
- a baking stone positioned to support the pizza;
- a wood burning tray assembly including a grate positioned in the main body;
- and
- a gas burner positioned adjacent to the baking stone and the wood burning tray assembly;
- wherein the gas burner is configured to combust a gas to heat the cooking cavity;
- wherein the gas burner is positioned to ignite wood on the grate of the wood burning tray assembly to further heat the cooking cavity;
- wherein the gas burner is positioned at least partially under the baking stone to heat an underside of the baking stone;
- wherein the baking stone rotates as the pizza is cooked;
- and
- wherein the wood is positioned above the baking stone to cook the pizza.
A pizza oven, comprising:
- a main body defining a cooking cavity;
- a rotating baking support positioned in the cooking cavity to support a pizza;
- a first heat source positioned at least partially under the rotating baking support;
- and
- a second heat source including fuel positioned adjacent to the rotating baking support;
- wherein the first heat source heats an underside of the rotating baking support to cook the pizza, wherein the rotating baking support is a rotating baking stone, and wherein the rotating baking stone rotates as the pizza is cooked;
- wherein the first heat source is positioned to ignite the fuel of the second heat source;
- and
- wherein the second heat source is positioned above the rotating baking stone to cook the pizza.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.