OVEN FOR BAKING BREAD PRODUCTS

摘要

A pizza oven 10 comprises a platen 3 for receiving a bread product on an upper face; a lower cavity below the platen and an upper cavity above the platen. A heat shield 4 is located below the platen and an inlet 11 and an outlet 12 located for providing an air flow for heating the platen and the upper cavity. The oven 10 is configured such that the air flow is substantially unrestricted by turbulent flow between the inlet and the outlet. A main part of the air flow enters the lower cavity through the inlet, is deflected by the heat shield, passes through at least one aperture to the side of the platen into the upper cavity, and then passes across the upper face of the platen to the outlet. The outlet is disposed in a side wall of the upper cavity and lower than the roof. A method of baking bread products is also described.