Abstract: A forced hot air cooker has a two-piece basket assembly rotatable in an oven cooking chamber. A hot air supply plenum in the chamber discharges hot air through the basket assembly. A blower takes air from the chamber and discharges it through a duct behind the oven to a heater chamber above the oven chamber. The hot air supply plenum has a heater assembly mounted above it and projecting into the heater chamber. A catalytic converter immediately below the heater assembly, is exposed to radiant heat from the heater. Air is moved by the blower from the oven chamber through the duct to the heater chamber, down through the heater assembly and the catalytic converter and the supply plenum to the rotating basket assembly and then to the blower inlet. Upper and lower front doors are provided, the lower door for installation and removal of the lower basket of the food basket assembly, while the upper door remains closed to conserve heat.

Abstract: A rotatable two-piece basket assembly is behind upper and lower doors in a blower driven recirculating hot air oven. An electric heater directly adjacent a catalytic converter directly above the cooking chamber, removes contaminants. The lower basket is removed through the lower door opening, while the upper door stays closed to conserve heat. A homing control homes the basket assembly whenever the door is opened or a cooking cycle is completed, for removal of the lower basket. A filter at the blower inlet is removable through the lower doorway when the lower basket is out, for cleaning or replacement. The blower wheel is removable through the lower doorway when the filter assembly has been removed. The upper basket is removable through the combined doorway by a push-and-turn motion applied to a bayonnet connection to the basket drive shaft. Other components are then removable through the front opening.