Mobile baking oven and proofer

Claim 1

A baking oven comprising a housing having a proofer compartment and baking compartment, doors for access to said compartments, support means for supporting dough products in said compartments, heating and convection means associated with said proofer compartment, moisture producing means associated with said proofer compartment in communication with a hot air current generated by said heating and convection means, said baking compartment having a rear wall supported in spaced relationship to interior surfaces of said baking compartment to define an outer circumferential convection opening thereabout, an air intake port in said rear wall, an impeller fan behind said rear wall, heating means positioned about said fan for heating air drawn through said intake port and expelled through said circumferential opening forwardly of said rear wall creating a recirculated heated air flow distributed through said baking compartment, a metal wall and a drip pipe positioned above the metal wall for releasing water thereon after said wall has been heated whereby to produce steam which is released in said recirculated heated air flow, said metal wall being formed by a plurality of horizontal metal plates having an outwardly bent upper horizontal flanged end and drip wall, said plates being spaced from a rear surface of said rear wall in non-obstructing relationship to said air intake port, said drip pipe extending longitudinally above a top one of said plates for releasing water droplets on said flange end, said plates being secured in a common plane and having their flanged end overlapping a lower edge portion of the drip wall of a preceding plate and defining a steam release opening therebetween.