Patent · US Expired

Method of heating a food article

US4164591A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1976
Grant dateAug 14, 1979
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Expiry dateApr 2, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J37/046
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of heating a food article of the layered type having a crust and a topping of a higher specific heat than the crust, an example of which is a pizza, has the steps of placing the food while in a refrigerated state into an oven, then broiling the topping, then baking the crust and the topping, and lastly toasting the crust; also disclosed is a rotary type oven having a broiling zone with a radiant electrical heater, a baking zone, and a toasting zone having a convective hot air electrical heater; the oven may be of the helical track type with the zones being one above another.

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