High speed baking in novel toasting apparatus

A baking basket for holding items of food to be cooked in a baking oven, said baking basket comprising a pair of vertically disposed mesh side walls each of which has a lower end and a pair of side edges, a generally horizontal mesh bottom wall at said lower ends of and between said mesh side walls, a solid tray mounted below and spaced from said bottom wall, a respective solid closed end wall between each set of adjacent side edges of said mesh side walls, each of said end walls having a mounting element for holding said side walls in an upright vertical position generally parallel to each other, said side walls being pivotally mounted at their lower ends to permit said side walls to be disposed in a generally aligned flat condition, each of said side walls having a cover lid at its upper end, said cover lids being disposed generally toward each other to create a top for said basket, and said cover lids being spaced from each other to leave an air gap for permitting hot air to escape out of the top of said basket.