Alto-shaam, Inc.

Craig Douglas Burnett

Jon Paul Flick

Philip R McKee

Lee Thomas VanLanen

Jeff Maddox

Andrew Podevels

Joshua James Shimel

Jason David Schreiner

Joshua J Shimel

A modular oven includes a cabinet receiving separate modules with distinct cooking operations. Modules of the modular oven may provide any combination of convection cooking, steam cooking, impingement cooking, and high speed cooking. Therefore, the modules may be mixed and matched to suit the desired cooking operations. In some embodiments, improved steam cooking at lower cooking temperatures is provided by directing spraying water onto an independent heat source, controlled separately from the cavity heating element, within each cooking zone. By operating a separate heating element specifically for steam generation, there can be more accurate heat control of the cooking zones without overheating the cooking zones when steam is needed but when lower cooking temperatures (e.g., 211 degrees Fahrenheit and below) are desired.

Combination oven with independent steam generation element

A modular oven provides an outer cabinet receiving independently removable modules for steam cooking and having a self-contained water source and drain receptacle for plumbing-less installation, each module controlled by a common controller.

Steam generation and drain system for modular oven

A cleaning system for an oven having shelves which provide for distributed jets of heated air, allows water accumulation within the shelves during cleaning by reducing airflow through the shelf, and then provides rapid expulsion of the water in cohesive streams after accumulation to provide high inertial cleaning.

Oven providing surge mode cleaning

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Slinger, WI, United States of America

Craig Douglas Burnett