Lincoln Foodservice Products, Inc.

Effie J Lee

Mitchell C Henke

Ronald E Bratton

Gordon D Bell

Michelle A Wibel

Roger K Gorsuch

Daniel S Kaminski

Carol S Nealley

A food preparation oven comprising a plurality of radiant panel ducts which include apertures for directing streams of heated air toward a food product within the heating chamber. The radiant panels are made of highly thermal conductive aluminum and the outer surfaces thereof facing the food product are of a black color so as to radiate infrared energy toward the food product.

Oven with radiant panel

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.

Method for baking a food product

Grooved baking pan

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Effie J Lee