Simplified device to quickly cook food
View Patent ↗A device to bake farinaceous foods such as cakes, cookies, breads, pies, and pizzas more rapidly and flavorfully, with retention of desire food textures and reduced risk of burning by the use of intermittent application of radiant energy. The preferred embodiment rotates farinaceous ingredients in front of a radiant heat source. The preferred embodiment may control oven temperatures by regulating the amount of outside cool air fan forced into the oven cavity.
1. A food cooking device comprising:
an enclosure that includes a bottom section and a top section,
wherein the bottom section comprises a bottom outer wall, three side outer walls extending upwardly from the bottom outer wall and a door,
wherein the top section includes a first top wall that is secured to the bottom section,
a heat source disposed in the enclosure,
a motor disposed in the enclosure adjacent the bottom outer wall, wherein the motor includes a rod drive socket, and
a drive arm disposed in and removable from the drive socket, wherein the drive arm includes a bottom portion that is received in the drive socket, a top portion that is received in an opening in the top wall, and an offset portion, wherein the bottom portion and top portion are axially aligned and define a drive axis, wherein the offset portion is offset from the drive axis, wherein the offset portion includes a food support shelf extending generally orthogonally therefrom,
wherein the motor rotationally drives the drive arm, thereby causing the offset portion to define a 360° path.
2. The food cooking device of claim 1 wherein the first top wall is removable.
3. The food cooking device of claim 1 wherein the first top wall can be replaced by a second top wall, and wherein when the enclosure includes the first top wall the enclosure defines a first volume therein and when the enclosure includes the second top wall the enclosure defines a second volume therein, and wherein the second volume is greater than the first volume.
4. The food cooking device of claim 1 wherein the center of the 360° path is axially aligned with the drive axis.