Impingement oven with radiant panel
AssigneeLincoln Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorMitchell C. Henke
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Abstract
A food preparation oven for baking foods which require less heat energy input into a first surface than into a second surface such as pizzas. A radiant panel is provided which is heated by means of hot air and which is positioned to heat one surface of the food product by radiant heat energy. The second surface of the food product is heated by means of a flow of hot air. The air is heated in a heating chamber and recirculated by means of a fan. The food product is supported on a conveyor belt and travels through the food preparation oven while it is being baked.
Claims25
A food preparation oven comprising:
- an enclosure defining a chamber for receiving a food product therein;
- means for supporting a food product in said chamber;
- impingement means in said chamber for impinging columnated jets of heated air against discrete points on a first surface of said food product;
- radiant heating means in said chamber for uniformly heating a second surface of said food product.
An oven for baking food products comprising:
- a chamber for receiving a food product therein;
- support means for supporting said food product;
- air moving means;
- first heating means for heating a stream of air moved by said air moving means;
- radiator means in said chamber for heating said food product at a first rate, said radiator means comprising a surface positioned to absorb heat from said stream of heated air and to radiate heat energy to said food product;
- said oven including second heating means for supplying heat energy to a second surface of said food product at a second rate different from said first rate.
An oven for preparing food products comprising:
- enclosure means for receiving a food product;
- supporting means in said enclosure for supporting the food product therein;
- first heating means for supplying heat energy to a first surface of said food product at a first rate;
- second heating means for supplying heat energy to a second surface of said food product at a second rate, said second heating means including a means for supplying a continuous stream of air, means for heating said stream of air, and a radiant panel positioned in said stream of heated air to be heated thereby.
A food preparation oven comprising:
- an enclosure defining a chamber for receiving a food product therein;
- means for supporting a food product in said chamber;
- convection means in said chamber for heating a first surface of said food product;
- radiant heating means in said chamber for heating a second surface of said food product, said radiant heating means comprising a panel which is heated by impingement of columnated jets of heated air upon localized areas of said panel.
A method for preparing a food product comprising:
- providing an enclosure for receiving the food product;
- supporting said food product in said enclosure;
- heating a first surface of said food product with an impingement heating means, said impingement heating means impinging columnated jets of heated air upon localized areas of said first surface;
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- heating a second surface of said food product with a radiant heating means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.