Barbeque oven with rotating cooking tray
OwnerWilliam C. COOKinventor
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Abstract
A barbeque oven is provided with the capacity to cook a variety of food items. The barbeque oven of the present invention includes a cooking tray that is slideable between a first position, where the cooking tray is located substantially within the cooking chamber and the cooking tray is driven by a driving member, and a second position, where at least a portion of the cooking tray extends through an opening in the oven housing and the cooking tray is disengaged from the driving member such that the cooking tray freely rotates. As a result, unlike conventional barbeque ovens, an operator using the present invention need not bend over nor reach far to flip, rotate, or otherwise access the food items on the cooking tray.
Claims20
A barbeque oven comprising:
- a housing defing a cooking chamber and at least a first opening;
- at least one movable door for providing access through the first opening;
- a rotatable cooking tray;
- a motor;
- and
- a driving member driven by the motor and engageable with the cooking tray,
- wherein the cooking tray is slideable between a first position, where the cooking tray is located substantially within the cooking chamber and the cooking tray is driven by the driving member, and a second position, where at least a portion of the cooking tray extends through the opening and the cooking tray is disengaged from the driving member such that the cooking tray freely rotates.
A method of accessing food items in a barbeque oven, said method comprising:
- opening a door to access a cooking chamber through a first opening in a housing of the barbeque oven;
- sliding a cooking tray from a first position wherein the cooking tray is engaged with a driving member and the cooking tray is located substantially within the cooking chamber, to a second position wherein the cooking tray is disengaged from the driving member and at least a portion of the cooking tray extends through the first opening in the housing;
- freely rotating the cooking tray in an approximate horizontal plane;
- and
- accessing food items located on a top surface of the cooking tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.