# US 2013/0276643 A1 · Portable baking oven > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0276643 A1 - Document ID: US20130276643A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/865,630 - Filed: 2013-04-18 - Published: 2013-10-24 - Earliest claimed: 2012-04-20 - Assignees: Robert S. Krolick; Sanford Shapiro - Inventors: Robert S. Krolick; Sanford Shapiro; Cory Thomas Borovicka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130276643A1 ## CPC - A47J 37/01: Vessels uniquely adapted for baking (for use in baker's ovens A21B) - A47J 37/0623: {Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity (A47J37/0605 takes precedence)} - A47J 37/0658: {specially adapted for cooking pizza} - F24B 1/003: {on which a removable cooking element is arranged} - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - F24B: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS (for solid fuels in combination with gaseous fuels, liquid fuels or other kinds of energy supply F24C1/02); IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES ## Abstract A portable baking oven for a pizza or other food item includes a food item heating plate, a base having a heating chamber, and a top cover having a moisture vent and a heat reflector structure extending across the inside of said top cover. When placed on said base, the top cover forms a baking chamber above the heating plate. Heat produced in the base's heating chamber circulates up through air passageways in the base into the baking chamber above the food item heating plate. This circulated heat is reflected back down toward the food item heating plate by the top cover's heat reflecting structure to accelerate baking of the top of a food item placed on the heating plate. The top cover's moisture vent can be located above the heat reflector structure in the top cover, and openings can be provided in the heat reflector structure which allow moisture emitted by a food item being baked in the oven to pass through the reflector structure and out through the top cover moisture vent. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A baking oven for a pizza or other food items, comprising a food item heating plate, a base having a heating chamber, said base including a heating plate support means for supporting said food item heating plate above the base's heating chamber, a top cover having a moisture vent, said top cover being sized and formed to fit over and to be supported by said base such that when placed on said base the top cover forms a baking chamber above the heating plate, air passageway means thermally connecting the heating chamber in said base and the baking chamber formed by said top cover wherein heat produced in said heating chamber can circulate up through said air passageway means into the baking chamber above the heating plate, and a heat reflector structure in said top cover, said heat reflector structure extending across the inside of said top cover and being positioned in said top cover such that, when the top cover is placed over said base, the reflector structure therein faces the food item heating plate, wherein heat circulated from the heating chamber in said base up into the baking chamber formed by said top cover is reflected back down toward said food item heating plate to accelerate the baking of the top of a food item resting on the heating plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein the heat reflector structure in said top cover is located below said moisture vent of the top cover, and wherein said reflector cover has openings through which moisture given off by a food item being baked in the oven can pass. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The baking oven of claim 2 wherein the moisture vent in said top cover provides an open area in the top cover and wherein the openings in the heat reflector structure in said top cover have a total area that is approximately equal to the open area of the top cover's moisture vent. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The baking oven of claim 2 wherein the openings in the heat reflector structure in said top cover are substantially evenly distributed over a substantial portion of said heat reflector structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein said food item heating plate has a perimeter edge and wherein the air passageway means thermally connecting the heating chamber in said base to the baking chamber formed by said top cover is provided around the perimeter edge of said heating plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein said top cover has a front access opening therein for accessing the baking chamber of the oven when the top cover is in place on said base. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The baking oven of claim 6 wherein the front access opening of said top cover has a top edge and wherein the reflector structure in said top cover is positioned in said top cover near the level of the top edge of said front access opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The baking oven of claim 6 wherein the front access opening of said top cover has a top edge, and wherein an extender brim projects from the top cover along the top edge of said front access opening. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein said reflector structure is positioned in said top cover at a level wherein the reflector structure is no more than about 3½ inches from said food item heating plate when the top cover is placed on the base of the oven. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein said reflector structure is positioned in said top cover at a level where the reflector structure is between about 2 inches and about 3 inches from said heating plate when the top cover is placed on the base of the oven. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein said reflector structure is a substantially flat reflector plate oriented substantially parallel to the food item heating plate supported on said base of the oven when the top cover is placed on said base. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein said base includes an upright ring wall section having a top portion, wherein said food item heating plate has a perimeter edge, and wherein said food item heating plate is supported by said heating plate support means at the top portion of said ring wall section such that said air passageway means are provided around the perimeter edge of the heating plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein said heating plate support means at the top portion of said ring wall section includes means for centering the food item heating plate in said ring wall section. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein the dimension across said food item heating plate is smaller than the dimension across the upright ring wall section of said base, wherein the heating plate support means at the top portion of said upright ring wall section are comprised of heating plate support brackets secured to the inside of the ring wall section, and wherein said food item heating plate sets on said support brackets and wherein when it is set on said support brackets an air passageway is formed between said upright ring wall section and the perimeter edge of said food item heating plate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The baking oven of claim 1 wherein said base includes an upright ring wall section and a support plate on top of said ring wall section, wherein said food item heating plate sets on top of and is supported by said support plate, wherein said support plate has an outer perimeter portion not covered by the food item heating plate when the food item heating plate is set on top of said support plate, and wherein said air passageway means are provided in the outer perimeter portion of said support plate. ### Claim 16 A baking oven for a pizza or other food items, comprising a food item heating plate having a perimeter edge, a base having a heating chamber, said base including a heating plate support means for supporting said food item heating plate above the base's heating chamber, a top cover having a moisture vent, said top cover being sized and formed to fit over and to be supported by said base such that when placed on said base the top cover forms a baking chamber above the heating plate, said top cover having a front access opening therein for accessing the baking chamber of the oven when the top cover is in place on said base, air passageway means thermally connecting the heating chamber in said base and the baking chamber formed by said top cover wherein heat produced in said heating chamber can circulate up through said air passageway means into the baking chamber above the heating plate, and a heat reflector structure in said top cover, said heat reflector structure extending across the inside of said top cover below the top cover's moisture vent and being positioned in said top cover such that, when the top cover is placed over said base, the reflector structure therein faces the food item heating plate, wherein heat circulated from the heating chamber in said base up into the baking chamber formed by said top cover is reflected back down toward said food item heating plate to accelerate the baking of the top of a food item resting on the heating plate, said heat reflector structure having openings through which moisture given off by a food item being baked in the oven can pass, whereby the moisture can be vented from the baking oven through the moisture vent in the top cover. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The baking oven of claim 16 wherein the front access opening of said top cover has a top edge and wherein the heat reflector structure in said top cover is positioned in said top cover near the level of the top edge of said front access opening. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The baking oven of claim 17 wherein said front access opening has a maximum height between about 2 inches and about 3 inches. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The baking oven of claim 16 wherein the openings in the heat reflector structure in said top cover are substantially evenly distributed over a substantial portion of said heat reflector structure ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The baking oven of claim 19 wherein the moisture vent in said top cover provides an open area in the top cover and wherein the openings in the heat reflector structure in said top cover have a total area that is approximately equal to the open area of the top cover's moisture vent. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The baking oven of claim 16 wherein the air passageway means thermally connecting the heating chamber in said base and the baking chamber formed by said top cover is adapted to circulate heat around the perimeter edge of said food item heating plate. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The baking oven of claim 16 further comprising means for allowing more of the heat produced in said heating chamber to circulate up into the baking chamber near said front access opening to compensate for heat loss through said front access opening. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The baking oven of claim 22 wherein said means for allowing more of the heat produced in said heating chamber to circulate up into the baking chamber near said front access opening includes differently sized air passageways around perimeter edge of said food item heating plate. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The baking oven of claim 22 wherein said means for allowing more of the heat produced in said heating chamber to circulate up into the baking chamber near said front access opening includes means for producing more heat in the heating chamber of said base beneath the front side of the base situated below the front access opening of the top cover when the top cover is placed on the base. ### Claim 25 A baking oven for a pizza or other food items, comprising a food item heating plate having a perimeter edge, a base having a heating chamber, said base including a heating plate support means for supporting said food item heating plate above the base's heating chamber, a top cover having a top area and perforations in said top area forming a moisture vent in the top cover, said top cover being sized and formed to fit over and to be supported by said base such that when placed on said base the top cover forms a baking chamber above the heating plate, said top cover having a front access opening therein for accessing the baking chamber of the oven when the top cover is in place on said base, air passageway means for thermally connecting the heating chamber in said base and the baking chamber formed by said top cover wherein heat produced in said heating chamber can circulate up through said air passageway means into the baking chamber above the heating plate, said air passageway means being adapted to circulate heat into the oven's baking chamber around the perimeter edge of said food item heating plate, and a heat reflector plate in said top cover, said heat reflector plate extending across the inside of said top cover below the top cover's moisture vent and being positioned in said top cover such that, when the top cover is placed over said base, the reflector plate therein faces the food item heating plate, wherein heat circulated from the heating chamber in said base up into the baking chamber formed by said top cover is reflected back down toward said food item heating plate to accelerate the baking of the top of a food item resting on the heating plate, said heat reflector plate having perforations substantially evenly distributed over a substantial portion of said heat reflector plate. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The baking oven of claim 25 wherein the total area of the perforations for the moisture vent in said top cover is approximately equal to the total area of the perforations in the heat reflector plate in the top cover. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The baking oven of claim 25 wherein the front access opening of said top cover has a top edge and wherein the heat reflector plate in said top cover is positioned in said top cover near the level of the top edge of said front access opening. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The baking oven of claim 27 wherein said front access opening has a maximum height between about 2 inches and about 3 inches ### Claim 29 (depends on 25) The baking oven of claim 25 wherein said heat reflector plate is oriented substantially parallel to the food item heating plate when the top cover is placed on said base.