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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip R McKee, Frisco, TX (US);
Earl R Winkelmann, Garland, TX (US);
James K Pool, III, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
TurboChef Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219681 ; 219710 ; 219702 ; 219720 ; 219400 ; 126 / ; 99451 ;
Abstract
An oven for cooking a food product, at least partially by hot gas flow and at least partially by microwave energy, includes a housing defining a cooking chamber for receiving a food product for cooking, and a conduit for providing gaseous communication outside of the cooking chamber, between the chamber bottom and the chamber top, the conduit also serving as a hot gas plenum. Preferably the conduit has a free volume of space less than the free volume of space of the cooking chamber, and the oven has custom cooking and/or custom finishing capabilities.