OVEN FOR BAKING BREAD PRODUCTS

摘要

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