Abstract: A continuous cooking oven system including enclosure containing a first cooking chamber in communication with a second cooking chamber to efficiently and effectively cook and brown food products. The continuous cooking oven system includes an first conveyor for transporting food products through a helical path within the first cooking chamber, a fan for circulating a heated gaseous cooking medium throughout the first cooking chamber, a second conveyor for transporting food products through a linear path within the second cooking chamber, at least one impingement air flow distribution chamber disposed above the second conveyor within the second cooking chamber and at least one impingement air flow distribution chamber disposed below the second conveyor within the second cooking chamber, the impingement air flow distribution chambers circulating a heated gaseous cooking medium throughout the second cooking chamber.

Abstract: A cooking oven and method of use includes a housing defining a cooking chamber with a cooking surface extending there through. A plurality of radiant emitter plates are arranged along an inner surface of the housing, preferably in strips or arrays, and directed toward the cooking surface. Each strip or array of radiant emitter plates may be independently controllable from each other. In addition, a distance between the plurality of radiant emitter plates and the cooking surface may be adjustable.