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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Duke Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Robert J. Reese, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Philip Gregory Geerling, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jeffrey A. Stafford, Godfrey, IL (US);
Gregory Glen Stettes, Pacific, MO (US);
Thomas E. Kieffer, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kim Charles Fietsam, New Athens, IL (US);
Duke Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Food preparation apparatus and associated methods. In one method, dough is proofed in an oven compartment and then baked in the same oven compartment. Temperature and/or humidity can be controlled during proofing and/or baking cycles. A blower may be used, for example, to exhaust gas to ambient to reduce heat and/or moisture in the compartment. For example, the blower may be used between proofing and baking cycles to prepare an environment in the oven compartment for the baking cycle.