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US 2018/0003390 A1Published application
Oven bottom with cooking surface
AssigneesMidea America Corporation, Midea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaniel J. Trice, Vern Neal
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a cooking compartment with an oven bottom. The oven bottom includes a cooking surface. A cooking member may include the cooking surface. The cooking member may extend from the cooking compartment to the heating compartment. A bottom cover of the oven bottom may include a carrier and the cooking member. The oven bottom with cooking surface may be used in a variety of applications.
Claims28
A kitchen oven comprising:
- a cooking compartment above a heating compartment, wherein said cooking compartment includes a bottom, two sides, a back, a top, and a front door allowing frontal access into said cooking compartment;
- at least one heat source positioned within said heating compartment;
- said bottom of said cooking compartment having a bottom cover;
- said bottom cover defining an opening between said cooking compartment and said heating compartment;
- at least a portion of said bottom cover having a cooking surface;
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- said front door allows frontal access into said cooking compartment to position said bottom cover between a closed position and an open position, wherein said at least one heat source is accessible through said opening between said cooking compartment and said heating compartment when in said open position, and wherein said cooking surface allows direct contact of an item to be baked when said bottom cover is in said closed position.
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A kitchen oven comprising:
- a cooking compartment including a top, a bottom, at least two sides, and a front door, wherein said front door defines a first opening allowing access into said cooking compartment;
- a heating compartment below said cooking compartment, wherein said bottom defines at least a portion of said heating compartment;
- at least one heat source positioned below said bottom within said heating compartment;
- said bottom includes a bottom cover defining an opening between said cooking compartment and said heating compartment allowing access into said heating compartment through said cooking compartment;
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- at least a portion of said bottom cover is a cooking member, wherein said cooking member includes a cooking surface.
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A general purpose kitchen oven appliance comprising:
- a cooking compartment having a substantially planar oven bottom, two oven sides, an oven back, a substantially planar oven top, and a front door hingedly connected for opening to allow frontal access to said cooking compartment;
- a heat source positioned beneath said oven bottom;
- wherein said oven bottom further comprises a cooking surface integrally formed in said oven bottom for directly contacting an item to be baked in said cooking compartment;
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- said cooking surface is made of one or more materials, wherein said one or more materials is at least one of clay, stone, ceramic, cast iron, and steel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.