Grooved baking pan
AssigneeLincoln Foodservice Products, Inc.
InventorsRoger K. Gorsuch, Gordon D. Bell, Mitchell C. Henke, Michelle Wibel, Ronald E. Bratton, Effie J. Lee
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Abstract
A grooved baking pan and a method for baking therewith wherein the bottom surface of the pan is provided with a plurality of grooves. In the preferred embodiment, the grooves are V-shaped. The grooves are arranged in a pattern such as a grid pattern and apertures are located in the areas bounded by the intersecting grooves. The pan is used to bake high density food products such as pizza in an impingement oven wherein columns of heated air are formed which are directed at localized areas of the bottom surface of the pan. The pan is moved relative to the impinging air columns while the food product is being baked.
Claims19
A pan for baking a food product comprising:
- a side and a bottom, said bottom having at least one through aperture therein and including a substantially flat, unbroken inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface having at least one groove therein, the thickness of said bottom being nonuniform.
A pan for baking a food product comprising:
- a side portion;
- a generally flat bottom including a substantially unbroken flat inner surface and a plurality of V-shaped grooves located in the outer surface of said bottom whereby the thickness of said bottom is nonuniform, said grooves being arranged in a pattern, the included angles defined by the sides of saig grooves being in the range of 70.degree. to 110.degree., said bottom further including a plurality of through holes, said holes being located in at least some of the surface areas bounded by said grooves, the density of holes being greatest in the center portion of said bottom surface, said holes occupying a surface area in the range of 5% to 40% of the total surface area of said bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.