Oven chamber having a pass-through design
AssigneeAlto-Shaam, Inc.
InventorJerry D. Maahs
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Abstract
An oven includes an internal preparation chamber defining a cavity that receives and prepares food product therein. The oven further includes a first chef-side door that provides access to the cavity by the chef for the placement of food product to be prepared, and a second server-side door providing access to the chamber by the serving staff to remove the prepared food product.
Claims29
A pass-through oven, comprising:
- an oven chamber defining a heating cavity that is configured to receive raw food product therein and utilize cooking elements to produce prepared food product from the raw food product;
- a chef-side access assembly including a first door disposed at a chef-side location of the oven, the first door providing access to the cavity for inserting the raw food product therein;
- a server-side access assembly including a single second door disposed at a server-side location remote from the chef-side location, the second door providing access to the cavity for the removal of the prepared food product therefrom;
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- a set of controls disposed proximal the chef-side location to control the cooking elements;
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- an indicator that is activated when the prepared food product is ready to be removed from the cavity via the second door wherein the indicator is disposed at a location other than the chef-side location.
A method of using an oven of the type having a heating cavity that utilizes cooking elements to produce a prepared food product from a raw food product, a chef-side access assembly including a first door for the insertion of raw food product into the cavity, and a server-side access assembly located remote from the chef-side access assembly and including a second door for the removal of prepared food product from the cavity, the steps comprising:
- (A) inserting raw food product into the cavity via the first door;
- (B) activating the cooking elements via a set of controls disposed proximal the chef-side access assembly;
- (C) activating an indicator when the raw food product has been prepared;
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- (D) in response to the indicator, removing the prepared food product via the second door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.