Display oven

Claim 2

A display oven for cooking edibles on spits, skewers and the like comprising: a housing including insulated rear, top and side walls carried by a base; glass extensions projecting forwardly from said side walls between said top and said base; glass closure means across free ends of said glass extensions projecting from said walls; a horizontal rotatable edible carrier assembly mounted for rotation between said insulated side walls; a portion of said edible carrier assembly extending between said glass extensions projecting from said walls; electrical heating means carried in said housing adjacent said insulated walls remote from said glass extensions forming a high heat zone in said housing and a lower heat zone within said glass extensions; and a motor for rotating said edible carrier assembly moving edibles alternately from a direct exposure to said heating means in said high heat zone to said lower heat zone remote from said heating means; whereby the edibles are displayed within said glass extensions while cooking, and uniform heating and browning without burning of the edibles is facilitated.

Claim 3

An edible carrier assembly for positioning spits, skewers and the like with edibles thereon for rotation while cooking within an oven having opposed insulated vertical wall portions comprising: a rotatably driven stub shaft extending horizontally adjacent an opening in a vertical wall portion accommodating said stub shaft; a central shaft connected to said stub shaft on one end thereof extending across said oven toward the other vertical wall portion; means carried by said other vertical wall portion receiving said central shaft on the other end thereof for rotation; a radially extending support carried transversely of said central shaft adjacent each end thereof carrying said spits, skewers and the like therebetween in circumferentially spaced alignment with said central shaft; said central shaft including a receiving portion and insertable portion telescopically received within said receiving portion between said radially extending supports; and means limiting further insertion of said insertable portion within said receiving portion during cooking but permitting telescoping of the central shaft after cooking; whereby removal of the entire assembly is permitted to facilitate cleaning.

Claim 4

An edible carrier assembly for positioning spits, skewers and the like with edibles thereon for rotation while cooking within an oven having opposed insulated vertical wall portions comprising: a rotatably driven stub shaft extending horizontally adjacent an opening in a vertical wall portion accommodating said stub shaft; a central shaft connected to said stub shaft on one end thereof extending across said oven toward the other vertical wall portion; means carried by said other vertical wall portion receiving said central shaft on the other end thereof for rotation; a radially extending support carried transversely of said central shaft adjacent each end thereof carrying said spits, skewers and the like therebetween in circumferentially spaced alignment with said central shaft; said central shaft including a receiving portion and insertable portion telescopically received within said receiving portion between said radially extending supports; and means limiting further insertion of said insertable portion within said receiving portion during cooking but permitting telescoping of the central shaft after cooking; whereby removal of the entire assembly is permitted to facilitate cleaning.

Claim 5

For use in an oven for cooking edibles carried for rotation therein on an edible carrier assembly, said oven having an insulated housing and an electrical heating element carried adjacent a wall of the housing for cooking said edibles, a holder for carrying flavoring material including a hickory chip and the like comprising: an open metallic housing receiving a flow of air therethrough; said housing having a rear wall means suspending said metallic housing upon said heating element with said rear wall in heat transfer relation thereto; and a downwardly and inwardly inclined resilient means carried by said metallic housing receiving said hickory chip and urging same into engagement with said rear wall; whereby heat is transferred from said rear wall to said hickory chip causing same to smolder emitting smoke into the oven as a result of the flow of air through the housing for flavoring the cooking edibles.

Claim 6

For use in an oven for cooking edibles carried for rotation therein on an edible carrier assembly, said oven having an insulated housing and an electrical heating element carried adjacent a wall of the housing for cooking said edibles, a holder for carrying flavoring material including a hickory chip and the like comprising: an open metallic housing receiving a flow of air therethrough; said housing having a rear wall means suspending said metallic housing upon said heating element with said rear wall in heat transfer relation thereto; and a downwardly and inwardly inclined resilient means carried by said metallic housing receiving said hickory chip and urging same into engagement with said rear wall; whereby heat is transferred from said rear wall to said hickory chip causing same to smolder emitting smoke into the oven as a result of the flow of air through the housing for flavoring the cooking edibles.

Claim 7

A display oven for cooking edibles on spits, skewers and the like comprising: a housing including insulated rear, top and side walls carried by a base; glass extensions projecting forwardly from said side walls between said top and said base; glass closure means across free ends of said glass extension; a horizontal rotatable edible carrier assembly mounted for rotation between the insulated side walls including a central shaft having a receiving portion and an insertable portion telescopically received within the receiving portion, connected to a driven stub shaft on one end thereof extending across the oven; a portion of said edible carrier assembly extending between the glass extensions; electrical heating means carried in said housing adjacent the insulated walls remote from the glass extensions forming a high heat zone in the housing and a lower heat zone within the glass extensions; an open metallic housing suspended from an electrical heating means having a rear wall and permits a flow of air therethrough; and a downwardly and inwardly inclined resilient means carried by the housing receiving a hickory chip and the like and urging same into engagement with the rear wall causing smoke to be emitted for flavoring the edibles; whereby the edibles are displayed within said glass extensions while cooking, and uniform heating, browning and flavoring without burning of the edibles is provided while facilitating removal of the edible carrier assembly for cleaning.

Claim 8

A display oven for cooking edibles on spits, skewers and the like comprising: a housing including insulated rear, top and side walls carried by a base; glass extensions projecting forwardly from said side walls between said top and said base; glass closure means across free ends of said glass extension; a horizontal rotatable edible carrier assembly mounted for rotation between the insulated side walls including a central shaft having a receiving portion and an insertable portion telescopically received within the receiving portion, connected to a driven stub shaft on one end thereof extending across the oven; a portion of said edible carrier assembly extending between the glass extensions; electrical heating means carried in said housing adjacent the insulated walls remote from the glass extensions forming a high heat zone in the housing and a lower heat zone within the glass extensions; an open metallic housing suspended from an electrical heating means having a rear wall and permits a flow of air therethrough; and a downwardly and inwardly inclined resilient means carried by the housing receiving a hickory chip and the like and urging same into engagement with the rear wall causing smoke to be emitted for flavoring the edibles; whereby the edibles are displayed within said glass extensions while cooking, and uniform heating, browning and flavoring without burning of the edibles is provided while facilitating removal of the edible carrier assembly for cleaning.