A hand protecting cavity ventilation system for an oven is provided. The system includes an air duct, positioned at a top of a cavity of the oven, the air duct having a duct outlet aimed toward a door to the cavity to provide an airflow along an inner surface of the door. The air duct extends downward from the ceiling of the cavity in front of and below a heating element disposed below the ceiling of the cavity. The air duct forms a vertically displaced hand protection portion to act as a barrier in front of the heating element, thereby guarding the heating element when the door of the oven is opened.

The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance disposed above a household appliance to simultaneously perform a hood function and an oven function. The cooking appliance includes a housing, a base plate configured to be coupled to the housing, a cooking chamber disposed inside the housing, a door coupled to the housing to open and close the cooking chamber, and a deflector spaced apart from a lower end of the door and coupled to a front edge of the base plate to cover the lower end of the door from hot air generated and transferred from a household appliance installed below the base plate.

A deflecting element is arranged in an oven door and aligned adjacent the ventilation openings to inhibit accidental spills through the openings from fouling interior door components. The deflecting element can have a plurality of tiered blades with associated respective channels for guiding and accumulating spills. One or several of the blades can have an angled deflector portion for guiding overflow liquid to a subjacent blade, away from interior glass panels. When the oven door is rotated into an upright position, closed position, liquid accumulated in the respective channels is conducted to the lateral edges of the door, where it can be guided via ducts out the base of the door or otherwise collected in removable reservoirs.

A baking appliance includes a heatable baking chamber and a door that closes the baking chamber. The door includes an inner pane facing the baking chamber when the door is closed and an outer pane facing outward when the door is closed. At least one holding element is configured to arrange the inner pane and outer pane so as to form at least one ventilation channel between the inner pane and outer pane. At least one cooling element is associated with the at least one holding element and extends into the at least one ventilation channel.

A hand protecting cavity ventilation system for an oven is provided. The system includes an air duct, positioned at a top of a cavity of the oven, the air duct having a duct outlet aimed toward a door to the cavity to provide an airflow along an inner surface of the door. The air duct extends downward from the ceiling of the cavity in front of and below a heating element disposed below the ceiling of the cavity. The air duct forms a vertically displaced hand protection portion to act as a barrier in front of the heating element, thereby guarding the heating element when the door of the oven is opened.

Conveyor ovens for cooking food according to various embodiments include one or more passive tubes in a plenum positioned opposite one or more burner tubes, wherein the passive tubes have outer walls with apertures therethrough. In some cases, a burner assembly for a conveyor oven includes at least one burner tube extending into a plenum and positioned to receive at least a portion of a flame emitted by the burner assembly, wherein a rifling plate extends through the burner tube and is slidingly positioned within the burner tube. Also, in some cases a baffle in a plenum of the oven is positioned opposite the burner tube and defines a fluid conduit having an entrance into which air heated from the burner tube is received and an exit separate from the entrance and through which air is discharged.

A universal door frame is configured to aid in assembling a door for use with a cooking appliance. The door frame includes four corner components and variable-length rails to be connected therebetween. The corner components include hinge receivers and mounting brackets for panels of the door. In some examples, one or more of the rails have a vented construction for enabling air-cooling of the door. The door frame optionally includes vent covers for covering the vented rails.

A domestic kitchen appliance is provided that has a housing having a side panel and a rear panel; a cooking chamber inside the housing; a door that is operable to access the cooking chamber; a corner flange located at a corner of the housing between an area in front of the housing and an area adjacent to the side panel; and a plurality of flange openings in the corner flange, the flange openings fluidly connecting the area in front of the housing to the area adjacent to the side panel.

Conveyor ovens for cooking food according to various embodiments include one or more passive tubes in a plenum positioned opposite one or more burner tubes, wherein the passive tubes have outer walls with apertures therethrough. In some cases, a burner assembly for a conveyor oven includes at least one burner tube extending into a plenum and positioned to receive at least a portion of a flame emitted by the burner assembly, wherein a rifling plate extends through the burner tube and is slidingly positioned within the burner tube. Also, in some cases a baffle in a plenum of the oven is positioned opposite the burner tube and defines a fluid conduit having an entrance into which air heated from the burner tube is received and an exit separate from the entrance and through which air is discharged.

The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance disposed above a household appliance to simultaneously perform a hood function and an oven function. The cooking appliance includes a housing, a base plate configured to be coupled to the housing, a cooking chamber disposed inside the housing, a door coupled to the housing to open and close the cooking chamber, and a deflector spaced apart from a lower end of the door and coupled to a front edge of the base plate to cover the lower end of the door from hot air generated and transferred from a household appliance installed below the base plate.