Oven Cavity Temperature Lowering By Forced Air

摘要

A matchbox oven is disclosed. The matchbox oven includes a housing, a slider, a mover, a heat source and a blower. The housing includes a cavity having two openings. The mover moves the slider in and out of the cavity through the two openings. The heat source provides heat to the cavity for heating up any food item placed within the cavity. The slider includes multiple stoppers to serve as oven covers for preventing heat within the cavity from escaping through the two openings. The slider can also be utilized as a heat sink for lowering the cavity's temperature during oven operation. When a new cook temperature is substantially lower than the temperature of the cavity, the blower forces heated air within the cavity to exit through the two openings before the starting of and/or during the initial portion of a new cook cycle.

主权项

1. An oven comprising:
a housing having a cavity and first and second openings; a slider comprising a first portion for carrying a food item into the cavity through the first opening and a second portion for carrying a food item into the cavity through the second opening; a heat source for providing heat to the cavity for heating up any food item placed on one of the first and second portions located within the cavity; a blower operatively connected force heated air within the cavity to exit through the first and second openings; and a control panel arrangement for applying a first cook setting to the oven when the first portion of the slider is within the cavity and for applying a second cook setting to the oven when the second portion of the slider is within the cavity, wherein when transitioning to one of the first and second cook settings that has a lower temperature than the temperature in the cavity, the blower is activated to force heated air to exit the cavity through at least one of the first and second openings thereby lowering the temperature within the cavity.