Abstract: A process and apparatus for cooking tortilla chips. Toast points on a baked tortilla chip are produced by a process whereby tortilla dough pieces cut to the shape of tortilla chips are placed on a stainless steel, open weave conveyor belt which passes through an electric oven whose temperature is controlled in the range of about 700 to 800 degrees Fahrenheit for about ten to twenty seconds, and thereafter baking the chips at a lower temperature for a longer period of time. By cutting the dough into chips prior to running them through the electric oven on an open weave conveyor belt, a random pattern of toast points is created.