Rotisserie oven

Claim 1

A rotisserie oven comprising: an air delivery system comprising a first air plenum section for delivering forced heated air to said cooking chamber, said first air plenum section extending outside at least a portion of one of said walls of said cooking chamber; inlet vent means formed in said one wall for providing a communication path between said first air plenum section and said cooking chamber; a blower motor mounted outside said first air plenum section; a first blower depending from said blower motor and positioned within said first air plenum section, said first blower drawing air from said cooking chamber through said inlet vent means; a second blower depending from said blower motor and positioned outside said first air plenum section; electronic controls disposed adjacent said second blower and outside said first air plenum section, said second blower providing a cooling buffer to said electronic controls: means for supplying dry ambient air to the interior of said cooking chamber comprising a fluid communication passage having at least two openings, one of said at least two openings disposed within said cooking chamber and another of said at least two openings communicating with ambient air outside said cooking chamber; and a humidity sensor for sensing relative humidity of said cooking chamber and a solenoid valve disposed in said fluid communication passage, said solenoid valve being automatically opened when the relative humidity of said cooking chamber as detected by said humidity sensor exceeds a first predetermined value.