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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);
William S. Schjerven, Sr., Schaumburg, IL (US);
John H. Wiker, Serena, IL (US);
Richard H. Van Camp, Aurora, IL (US);
Theodore James Chmiola, Roscoe, IL (US);
Mark A. Sieron, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor oven includes a controller configured to change the operation of a first set of burners and a second set of burners from a cooking mode to an energy saving mode based at least in part upon detection of the absence of food in the oven chamber. The first set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and are off during the energy saving mode. The second set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and being adjustable to a different intensity during the energy saving mode, where the second set of burners produce heat during the different intensity.