Door locking mechanism for an oven having french-style doors

A method of locking first and second doors that are mounted for pivotal movement relative to and combine to extend across and close off a frontal opening of an oven cavity of a cooking appliance comprising:

• activating a motor, mounted to a support plate, to cause rotation of an output shaft of the motor in a first direction, said output shaft being coupled to first end portions of first and second latch members through an eccentric drive member;
• shifting second end portions of the first and second latch members to a locking position through rotation of the eccentric drive member, said second end portions of the first and second latch members including corresponding first and second hook elements;
• engaging the first and second hook elements with respective hook receiving sections of the first and second doors;
• and
• drawing the first and second doors against a frame formed about the frontal opening of the cooking appliance through pivotal movement of the first and second doors relative to the oven cavity.