Barbecue oven

An oven suited for preparing barbecued foods, said oven comprising:

• a housing including a plurality of walls which enclose an oven chamber;
• at least one of the walls having an opening through which food can be introduced into the oven chamber;
• a generally tubular firebox mounted on at least one of the walls and extended into the oven chamber from that wall so that it is for the most part spaced from the housing walls and exposed on its top, bottom, and sides to the oven chamber, the firebox having apertures that open into the oven chamber to permit products of combustion to escape into the oven chamber;
• a door closing one end of the firebox and being accessible from the exterior of the housing so that wood may be introduced into the firebox;
• means for supporting food in the oven chamber;
• a baffle wall between the firebox and the means for supporting food, the baffle wall being generally upright and spaced from the top and bottom surfaces of the oven chamber;
• and means for circulating air and products of combustion from the firebox through the oven chamber such that the air and products of combustion pass under the baffle wall, then by the firebox where they are heated, and then over the baffle wall into the region of the oven chamber in which the means for supporting food is located.

An oven that is particularly suited for preparing barbecued foods, said oven comprising:

• a housing including a plurality of walls which enclose an oven chamber, there being front and rear walls and top and bottom walls, at least one of the housing walls having an opening through which food can be introduced into the oven chamber, the housing also having a partition wall which extends between the front and rear walls, but is spaced from the top and bottom walls;
• a tubular firebox having spaced apart ends with one of the ends being closed by an end wall having a tube extended from it, the firebox being mounted on at least one of the walls and being extended into the oven chamber from that wall such that it extends generally between the front and rear walls and is for the most part spaced from the housing walls, including the top and bottom walls, so as to be exposed on its top, bottom, and sides to the oven chamber, the firebox having apertures that open into the oven chamber to permit products of combustion to escape into the oven chamber;
• a door closing the other end of the firebox and being accessible from the exterior of the housing so that wood may be introduced into the firebox;
• a gas burner mounted on the housing and being directed into the tube on the firebox for producing a flame that is capable of igniting wood in the firebox and supplying supplemental heat to the oven chamber;
• means for supporting food in the oven chamber, with such means being shielded from the firebox by the partition wall;
• and means for circulating air and products of combustion from the firebox through the oven chamber such that the air and products of combustion pass under the partition wall, then past the firebox where they are heated, then over the partition wall, and then past the food on the means for supporting the food.

An oven that is particularly suited for preparing barbecued foods, said oven comprising:

• a housing including a plurality of walls which enclose an oven chamber, at least one of the walls having an opening through which food can be introduced into the oven chamber;
• a tubular firebox mounted on at least one of the walls and extended into the oven chamber from that wall for containing a fire that serves as the only source of heat for the oven chamber, the firebox being positioned such that it is for the most part spaced from the oven walls and exposed on its top, bottom and sides to the oven chamber, the firebox having spaced apart ends and apertures that open into the oven chamber to permit products of combustion to escape into the oven chamber;
• a door closing one end of the firebox and being accessible from the exterior of the housing so that wood may be introduced into the firebox;
• a gas burner mounted on the housing and directed into the firebox for producing a flame that is directed such that it will impinge against wood in the firebox to ignite the wood and for supplying supplemental heat to the oven chamber;
• means for supporting food in the oven chamber;
• and means for circulating air and products of combustion from the firebox through the oven chamber such that the air and products of combustion pass beneath the firebox, to the sides of the firebox, and over the firebox, whereby they are heated.