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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
John H. Wiker, Lockport, IL (US);
Mohan K. Panicker, Darien, IL (US);
Magdy A. Albert, Sleepy Hollow, IL (US);
William S. Schjerven, Sr., Schaumburg, IL (US);
John H. Wiker, Lockport, IL (US);
Mohan K. Panicker, Darien, IL (US);
Magdy A. Albert, Sleepy Hollow, IL (US);
William S. Schjerven, Sr., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor oven according to some embodiments has a first mode and a second mode of operation and includes a tunnel in which food is cooked, a conveyor for moving the food through the tunnel, a first set and a second set of one or more burners, each set configured to generate heat for the tunnel, and a controller responsive to the detection of an absence of food in the tunnel, the controller configured to change operation of the first set of one or more burners and the second set of one or more burners from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation based at least in part upon the detection of the absence of food product from the tunnel.