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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
Allan E. Witt, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Gerhard H. Wenzel, Sussex, WI (US);
Hatco Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An oven device for final finishing of a food item includes an oven housing defining a heating cavity configured to receive at least one food item to be heated, and an upper heating unit within the oven housing above the heating cavity. The upper heating unit includes a heating element that generates radiant heat directed onto the food item in the heating cavity. The oven housing includes at least one reflective panel for distributing radiant heat within the heating cavity. The upper heating element includes a rapidly-heating, high-intensity heating element capable of being cycled on for final finishing of the food item when the food item is received in the heating cavity, and capable of being cycled off when final finishing is not being performed. The final finishing typically includes browning a top surface of the food item, or melting a topping onto the top surface of the food item.