Techniques are provided for constructing an appliance housing without the need for vertical fasteners. In one or more implementations, the structural components of an appliance housing are fashioned with a set of engagement points and slots, the engagement points and slots acting to physically arrest the structural components when assembled. Horizontal fasteners are then used to further secure the appliance housing.

A method and apparatus for one or more service panels for a cooking appliance. The service panel may be removable to access one or more interior compartments of the frame structure or cooking appliance. The service panel may include a plurality of fasteners releasably engaging the frame or remaining portion of the cooking appliance. The service panel may provide access to a variety of electrical devices and/or mechanical devices within the interior compartment.

Techniques are provided for constructing an adjustable kick panel assembly that is removable, adjustable, and attachable without the use of a tool. In one or more implementations, a bracket having a clip is inserted into a slot on a kick panel, and then twisted to secure the bracket to the kick panel. The bracket allows for height adjustment of the kick panel without a tool. The complete kick panel assembly is then attached to the base of an appliance by inserting the clip into a housing on the base.

Techniques are provided for constructing an appliance housing without the need for vertical fasteners. In one or more implementations, the structural components of an appliance housing are fashioned with a set of engagement points and slots, the engagement points and slots acting to physically arrest the structural components when assembled. Horizontal fasteners are then used to further secure the appliance housing.

An oven is provided including a cooking cavity having side walls each including a protruding divider rail extending horizontally along the side wall and a divider rail emboss disposed above the protruding divider rail; and a divider assembly to divide the cooking cavity into cooking subcavities. The divider assembly includes: a panel having a bottom surface, and first and second side edges, the first and second side edges each having a recess; movable closures positioned within the recesses; a plurality of springs positioned within the recesses for biasing the movable closures out from the recesses while allowing the movable closures to slide inward inside the recesses, wherein the movable closures are configured to extend into the respective divider rail embosses when the bottom surface of the panel rests on the protruding divider rails so as to lock the divider assembly in place while increasing airtightness and reducing heat migration.

An oven assembly includes a cooking chamber having a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall, and an access opening defined by an outer perimeter of the cooking chamber. A movable door operably is coupled with the oven assembly for selectively enclosing the cooking chamber about the outer edge of the cooking chamber. A removable bottom trim panel is disposed proximate a bottom edge of the outer perimeter and includes a tray body. A removable fastening mechanism is disposed on the tray body or the bottom edge and operably couples the tray body to the bottom edge, such that the removable fastening mechanism is adapted to removably attach the removable bottom trim panel to the bottom edge.

The present apparatus is a heat focusing reflector that can either be built in by the manufacturer of the heater or an add-on attachment that can be installed by an end user to allow these types of heaters to project more heat to further distances. The heat focusing reflector will block heat from traveling all around these types of heater and will instead focus and/or reflect all of the heat to travel toward one side of the heater. By redirecting heat from these heaters and focusing the heat to travel longer distances away from the heater, these heaters can become more efficient and functional as an outdoor space heater.

An oven appliance having an oven chamber positioned within a cabinet and a top panel defining one or more vent apertures includes a false back assembly for facilitating the containment of spilled fluids and the cooling of electronic components within the cabinet. The false back assembly includes a false back spaced apart from a range back to define a spill channel. A spill deflector is positioned below the vent apertures and above the spill channel along the vertical direction such that the spill deflector is configured for collecting fluids spilled through the vent apertures and directing the spilled fluids to the spill channel where they may be safely routed around sensitive electronic components.

A conveyor oven for cooking food includes an oven housing defining an oven chamber in which the food is cooked. A conveyor is operable to convey the food through the oven chamber. An opening is defined in an end of the oven chamber, a portion of the conveyor extending through a first portion of the opening. A second portion of the opening below the conveyor is closed by a removable end plug. The removable end plug is configured to pivot into a closed position while an upper edge of the removable end plug is received in a pocket formed at the end of the oven chamber by the oven housing and/or at least one stationary portion of the conveyor.

Examples are disclosed that relate to cooking systems with internal ventilation systems. One example provides a cooking system comprising a ventilation duct. The ventilation duct comprises an inlet aperture configured to receive cooking exhaust. An ozone generator is configured to dispense ozone gas into the ventilation duct. The cooking system further comprises a fan disposed within the ventilation duct, the fan being configured to pull the cooking exhaust and the ozone through the inlet aperture and the ventilation duct. The cooking system further comprises a particulate removal system positioned within the ventilation duct between the inlet aperture and the fan. One or more cold catalysts are positioned downstream of the particulate removal system. The one or more cold catalysts are configured to catalytically decompose at least some residual ozone.