| 摘要 |
<p>An oven for cooking food includes a housing defining a cooking chamber and heating elements adapted for heating food in the chamber. The over also includes a steam production system adapted to operate at essentially atmospheric pressure. The steam production system is adapted for steam cooking food in said chamber, and including a boiler, a water reservoir disposed above the boiler and a one-way valve therebetween allowing water to flow from said reservoir to the boiler. The steam producing system is located external to the chamber. The oven also includes piping to convey steam produced in the boiler into the chamber, a fan for distributing heat through out the chamber, and a control panel for controlling heating modes for cooking the food in the chamber which allows heating the food with the heating elements, heating the food with the steam, or heating the food with a combination of the heating elements and steam, in parallel and/or in series. The oven is adapted for standard home kitchen cooking</p> |
