The present invention provides a method for dough processing, a method for providing a container for a dough product, a container, and a product formed by a container.

A stackable pizza pan is provided that includes a bottom that round in shape and flat; a sidewall integrally formed with the bottom, wherein the sidewall completely surrounds the bottom, wherein the bottom and the sidewall define an interior region having a vertical axis therethrough, and wherein the sidewall includes: a first or lower section tapered outward and away from the interior region and the vertical axis; a second or middle section extending outward from the interior region and away from the vertical axis; and a third or upper section tapered inward and toward the interior region and the vertical axis; and an elongated rim integrally formed with the sidewall, wherein the rim extends outward and away from the interior region, and wherein the rim includes: a curled section, wherein the curled section extends downward toward the bottom and then inward toward the third or upper section of the sidewall.

Cooking apparatus comprises an oven. The oven comprises a cooking chamber, a heated air source and two or more vents through which, in use, heated air can vent from the cooking chamber. The two or more vents comprise at least one lower vent and at least one upper vent. The at least one lower vent is provided at a lower height than the at least one upper vent. The at least one upper vent is controllable to regulate a flow of heated air therethrough.

Cooking apparatus comprises an oven. The oven comprises a cooking chamber, a heated air source and two or more vents through which, in use, heated air can vent from the cooking chamber. The two or more vents comprise at least one lower vent and at least one upper vent. The at least one lower vent is provided at a lower height than the at least one upper vent. The at least one upper vent is controllable to regulate a flow of heated air therethrough.

A feeding device is to be mounted on a baking apparatus and includes a container and a conveying unit. The container is formed with a containing space for containing food material and includes an outlet spaced apart from the containing space. The conveying unit is disposed between the containing space and the outlet, and is configured to convey the food material from the containing space to the outlet for dispensing the food material from the outlet to the baking apparatus.

A feeding device is to be mounted on a baking apparatus and includes a container and a conveying unit. The container is formed with a containing space for containing food material and includes an outlet spaced apart from the containing space. The conveying unit is disposed between the containing space and the outlet, and is configured to convey the food material from the containing space to the outlet for dispensing the food material from the outlet to the baking apparatus.

A baking pan insert having a bottom surface and two sides, configured to rest abutting the bottom and side interior surfaces of a baking pan, and configured to slide along a length of the baking pan, for aiding in the removal of portions of a baked good from the pan. In some embodiments, a baking pan has interior surface features, such as shelves, configured to guide the baking pan insert and optionally configured to receive a lid; and a baking pan insert may be configured to receive a guide to aid in cutting the baked good along a path corresponding to an edge of the bottom surface of the insert.

A baking pan insert having a bottom surface and two sides, configured to rest abutting the bottom and side interior surfaces of a baking pan, and configured to slide along a length of the baking pan, for aiding in the removal of portions of a baked good from the pan. In some embodiments, a baking pan has interior surface features, such as shelves, configured to guide the baking pan insert and optionally configured to receive a lid; and a baking pan insert may be configured to receive a guide to aid in cutting the baked good along a path corresponding to an edge of the bottom surface of the insert.

A pizza pan is disclosed including guidelines configured to aid in precisely cutting a pizza into slices with desired shapes. The pizza pan includes a flat base, vertical walls surrounding the flat base, a plurality of guidelines formed upon the flat base, and for each of the guidelines, a visible guideline locator situated upon one of the walls proximate to the guideline. The guidelines are configured to receive and guide a sharpened edge of a round pizza cutting tool as the tool cuts the pizza.

A pizza pan is disclosed including guidelines configured to aid in precisely cutting a pizza into slices with desired shapes. The pizza pan includes a flat base, vertical walls surrounding the flat base, a plurality of guidelines formed upon the flat base, and for each of the guidelines, a visible guideline locator situated upon one of the walls proximate to the guideline. The guidelines are configured to receive and guide a sharpened edge of a round pizza cutting tool as the tool cuts the pizza.