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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
John H. Wiker, Lockport, IL (US);
Frank Carbonara, Mount Juliet, TN (US);
Gregory J. Tomko, Elgin, IL (US);
Michael R. Matthews, Jr., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Theodore James Chmiola, Roscoe, IL (US);
John H. Wiker, Lockport, IL (US);
Frank Carbonara, Mount Juliet, TN (US);
Gregory J. Tomko, Elgin, IL (US);
Michael R. Matthews, Jr., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Theodore James Chmiola, Roscoe, IL (US);
The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor oven having a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation is provided. The conveyor oven generally includes an oven chamber in which food is cooked, a conveyor moveable to convey the food through the oven chamber, a burner to generate heat for the oven chamber, the burner having a combustion airflow rate, at least one blower to circulate air within the oven chamber, and a controller. The blower operates at a first speed during the first mode of operation and at a second speed that is faster than the first speed during the second mode of operation. The controller is responsive to at least one of a burner output and an internal temperature of the oven chamber, and adjusts the combustion airflow rate based in part on at least one of the burner output and the internal temperature of the oven chamber.