Gas cooking appliance, more particularly a gas oven
A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber ( 11 ), the cooking chamber ( 11 ) including a bottom wall ( 12 ) and a top wall ( 13 ), and a gas burner ( 20 ) disposed under the bottom wall ( 12 ) of the cooking chamber ( 11 ). The bottom wall ( 12 ) includes an opening ( 12 a ) opposite the gas burner ( 20 ). The cooking appliance ( 10 ) includes a plate ( 30 ) disposed in the cooking chamber ( 11 ), above the gas burner ( 20 ), a space between the plate ( 30 ) and the bottom wall ( 12 ) forming a passage ( 34 ) for flow of the burnt gases coming from the gas burner ( 20 ). Use in particular for placing a receptacle ( 40 ) on the plate ( 30 ) and to obtain even cooking of the food by radiation, convection and conduction.
1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
a cooking chamber ( 11 ), the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprising a bottom wall ( 12 ) and a top wall ( 13 ); and
a gas burner ( 20 ) disposed under the bottom wall ( 12 ) of the cooking chamber ( 11 ),
the bottom wall ( 12 ) comprising an opening ( 12 a ) opposite said gas burner ( 20 ) and the cooking appliance ( 10 ) comprises a plate ( 30 ) disposed in the cooking chamber ( 11 ), above said gas burner ( 20 ),
wherein a space between the plate ( 30 ) and the bottom wall ( 12 ) forms a flow passage ( 34 ) for the burnt gases coming from the gas burner ( 20 ), said space being located all around said plate ( 30 ), and
wherein said plate ( 30 ) comprises a peripheral rim ( 31 ) extending towards the bottom wall ( 12 ) of the cooking chamber ( 11 ), said peripheral rim ( 31 ) comprising two cut- outs ( 33 ) respectively forming two preferential flow passages ( 34 ) for the burnt gases.
2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises two side walls ( 14 , 15 ), said two cut-outs respectively forming two flow passages ( 34 ) for the burnt gases opening between the plate ( 30 ) and the bottom wall ( 12 ) respectively facing the side walls ( 14 , 15 ) of the cooking chamber ( 11 ).
3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises a curved top wall, the curvature of the top wall extending from one of said two side walls ( 14 , 15 ) to the other of said two side walls ( 14 , 15 ).
4. The cooking appliance according to claim 3 , wherein the plate ( 30 ) has a back wall ( 36 ) facing said gas burner ( 20 ), the back wall ( 36 ) being chamfered such that the distance between a central part ( 36 a ) of the back wall ( 36 ) and the plane of the bottom wall ( 12 ) is less than the distance between a zone ( 36 c ) of the back wall ( 36 ) near the cut-outs ( 33 ) and the plane of the bottom wall ( 12 ).
5. The cooking appliance according to claim 3 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises a back wall ( 16 ) extending between the bottom wall ( 12 ) and the top wall ( 13 ), said back wall ( 16 ) comprising outlet apertures ( 16 a ) for the burnt gases from the cooking chamber ( 11 ).
6. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 , the plate ( 30 ) has a back wall ( 36 ) facing said gas burner ( 20 ), the back wall ( 36 ) being chamfered such that the distance between a central part ( 36 a ) of the back wall ( 36 ) and the plane of the bottom wall ( 12 ) is less than the distance between a zone ( 36 c ) of the back wall ( 36 ) near the cut-outs ( 33 ) and the plane of the bottom wall ( 12 ).
7. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises a back wall ( 16 ) extending between the bottom wall ( 12 ) and the top wall ( 13 ), said back wall ( 16 ) comprising outlet apertures ( 16 a ) for the burnt gases from the cooking chamber ( 11 ).
8. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the plate ( 30 ) has a back wall ( 36 ) facing said gas burner ( 20 ), the back wall ( 36 ) being chamfered such that the distance between a central part ( 36 a ) of the back wall ( 36 ) and the plane of the bottom wall ( 12 ) is less than the distance between a zone ( 36 c) of the back wall ( 36 ) near the cut-outs ( 33 ) and the plane of the bottom wall ( 12 ).
9. The cooking appliance according to claim 8 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises a back wall ( 16 ) extending between the bottom wall ( 12 ) and the top wall ( 13 ), said back wall ( 16 ) comprising outlet apertures ( 16 a ) for the burnt gases from the cooking chamber ( 11 ).
10. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said plate ( 30 ) is of circular shape.
11. The cooking appliance according to claim 10 , wherein the opening ( 12 a ) of said bottom wall ( 12 ) is of circular shape, of diameter greater than the diameter of a ring ( 21 ) of the gas burner ( 20 ) and less than the diameter of the plate ( 30 ).
12. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises a back wall ( 16 ) extending between the bottom wall ( 12 ) and the top wall ( 13 ), said back wall ( 16 ) comprising outlet apertures ( 16 a ) for the burnt gases from the cooking chamber ( 11 ).
13. The cooking appliance according to claim 10 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises a back wall ( 16 ) extending between the bottom wall ( 12 ) and the top wall ( 13 ), said back wall ( 16 ) comprising outlet apertures ( 16 a ) for the burnt gases from the cooking chamber ( 11 ).
14. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the plate ( 30 ) is produced from cast iron.
15. The cooking appliance according to claim 14 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises a back wall ( 16 ) extending between the bottom wall ( 12 ) and the top wall ( 13 ), said back wall ( 16 ) comprising outlet apertures ( 16 a ) for the burnt gases from the cooking chamber ( 11 ).
16. The cooking appliance according to claim 14 , wherein the plate ( 30 ) is produced from enameled cast iron.
17. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber ( 11 ) comprises a back wall ( 16 ) extending between the bottom wall ( 12 ) and the top wall ( 13 ), said back wall ( 16 ) comprising outlet apertures ( 16 a ) for the burnt gases from the cooking chamber ( 11 ).
18. A method of cooking food contained in a receptacle ( 40 ), which comprises: providing a cooking appliance according to claim 1 ; and placing the receptacle ( 40 ) directly on said plate ( 30 ) in contact therewith.