Techniques regarding a fan friction oven are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can regard an apparatus comprising a processing chamber in fluid communication with a heating blower and a circulation blower. The heating blower can heat air adjacent to the processing chamber by fan friction. Also, the circulation blower can circulate the air heated by the heating blower into the processing chamber.

A steam oven for an aircraft galley. The steam oven includes a pipeline for supplying fluid comprising water or steam to a food preparation chamber of the steam oven. The pipeline is configured to receive water or steam from a source external to the steam oven and a valve configured to regulate the flow of said fluid through the pipeline. The valve has an open state in which the valve permits the flow of fluid through the pipeline and a closed state in which the valve prevents the flow of fluid through the pipeline. The oven also has control unit configured to actuate the valve between the open and closed states. The valve includes a sensor configured to detect an actual state of the valve 9, the sensor being independent of the control unit.

A cooking appliance includes a secondary venting arrangement within an oven cavity to supplement a primary venting arrangement with localized venting of combustion products adjacent a flame detector that detects a flame emitted by a gas burner disposed under the oven cavity. Doing so may assist with stabilizing the flame generated by the gas burner prior to establishment of steady state flow pattern within the oven cavity.

A modular oven includes a cabinet receiving separate modules with distinct cooking operations. Modules of the modular oven may provide any combination of convection cooking, steam cooking, impingement cooking, and high speed cooking. Therefore, the modules may be mixed and matched to suit the desired cooking operations. In some embodiments, improved steam cooking at lower cooking temperatures is provided by directing spraying water onto an independent heat source, controlled separately from the cavity heating element, within each cooking zone. By operating a separate heating element specifically for steam generation, there can be more accurate heat control of the cooking zones without overheating the cooking zones when steam is needed but when lower cooking temperatures (e.g., 211 degrees Fahrenheit and below) are desired.

A heat reclaimer mounted on an exhaust-conveying flue, the flue having a flue inside surface in contact with the exhaust, the heat reclaimer including a heat-exchange assembly adjacent to and in contact with the flue. The heat-exchange assembly includes: (a) a fan for moving ambient air; (b) a chamber through which the fan drives the ambient air, the chamber defining a primary airflow direction; and (c) a plurality of heat transfer plates inside the chamber and transverse to the primary airflow direction, the plates defining airflow openings therethrough and having at least an edge in solid-to-solid thermal contact with a flue inside surface portion inside the chamber, thereby heating the ambient air with heat from the exhaust.

A toaster oven includes a housing having an internal heating compartment, at least one heating element within the internal heating compartment, a vent associated with at least one wall of the internal heating compartment, the vent being moveable between an open position where air is permitted to pass into the internal heating compartment through the vent, and a closed position where passage of air into the internal heating compartment through the vent is inhibited. The vent is configured to move from the closed position to the open position in response to a biasing force exerted by a food support tray received within the internal heating compartment.

A toaster oven includes a housing having an internal heating compartment, at least one heating element within the internal heating compartment, a vent associated with at least one wall of the internal heating compartment, the vent being moveable between an open position where air is permitted to pass into the internal heating compartment through the vent, and a closed position where passage of air into the internal heating compartment through the vent is inhibited. The vent is configured to move from the closed position to the open position in response to a biasing force exerted by a food support tray received within the internal heating compartment.

A toaster oven includes a housing having an internal heating compartment, at least one heating element within the internal heating compartment, a vent associated with at least one wall of the internal heating compartment, the vent being moveable between an open position where air is permitted to pass into the internal heating compartment through the vent, and a closed position where passage of air into the internal heating compartment through the vent is inhibited. The vent is configured to move from the closed position to the open position in response to a biasing force exerted by a food support tray received within the internal heating compartment.

An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a door, and a restrictor plate. The cabinet may include a top panel and a bottom panel. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber between the top panel and the bottom panel. The door may be mounted on the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the cooking chamber in a closed position. The door may extend along the vertical direction in the closed position between a top lip and a bottom lip. The restrictor plate may be mounted to the door at the bottom lip. The restrictor plate may extend downward and be spaced apart from the cabinet along the transverse direction.

An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a door, and a restrictor plate. The cabinet may include a top panel and a bottom panel. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber between the top panel and the bottom panel. The door may be mounted on the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the cooking chamber in a closed position. The door may extend along the vertical direction in the closed position between a top lip and a bottom lip. The restrictor plate may be mounted to the door at the bottom lip. The restrictor plate may extend downward and be spaced apart from the cabinet along the transverse direction.