Cooking oven with a door having reduced temperature during use

A cooking oven comprising:

• a cooking cavity;
• a door to provide selective access to the cooking cavity;
• a forward panel facing the door when the door takes a closed position, the forward panel comprising a latch cutout;
• a latch assembly with a base portion that extends from rearward of the forward panel, through the latch cutout with a gap between the latch cutout and the base portion, and forward of the forward panel to couple to the door;
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• a latch cover comprising one or more sealing flaps that are rearward of the forward panel, the sealing flaps opposing the forward panel at the latch cutout and at least partially covering the gap to reduce air flow through the gap.

A cooking oven comprising:

• an inner liner assembly defining a cooking cavity configured to accept a food item for a cooking operation;
• an outer wrapper assembly at least partially enveloping the inner liner assembly, the outer wrapper assembly comprising a bottom panel that is disposed beneath the cooking cavity;
• a forward panel interfacing with the inner liner assembly and the outer wrapper assembly, the forward panel comprising (i) a cavity aperture defining an opening into the cooking cavity and (ii) a latch cutout disposed elevationally above the bottom panel of the outer wrapper assembly;
• a magnetron disposed between the inner liner assembly and the outer wrapper assembly, and rearward of the forward panel, the magnetron configured to generate electromagnetic waves;
• a door disposed forward of the inner liner assembly, the outer wrapper assembly, and the forward panel, the door movable to, from, and between (i) a closed position that at least partially covers the opening into the cooking cavity and denies access thereto from an external environment and (ii) an open position that covers the opening into the cooking cavity less than when in the closed position and allows access thereto from the external environment;
• a latch assembly comprising (i) a base portion that is both disposed outside of the inner liner assembly and disposed on the bottom panel of the outer wrapper assembly and extends through the latch cutout of the forward panel and (ii) a door portion disposed forward of the forward panel that is coupled to both the base portion and the door;
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• a latch cover that covers the base portion of the latch assembly disposed rearward of the forward panel and at least partially covers a gap between the base portion of the latch assembly and the forward panel at the latch cutout of the forward panel,
• wherein, during use of the cooking oven, a forward surface of the door in the closed position at a position directly forward of the latch cutout of the forward panel exhibits a temperature that is at least 7° C. less than a temperature that the forward surface of the door would exhibit without incorporating the latch cover.