Abstract: A high efficiency cooking system includes a thermal enclosure having an open mouth at its front, the mouth in communication with the ambient atmosphere, the enclosure having hinged frontal doors below the open mouth, an interior of doors defining an upward air path provided by an air blower for blowing air upwardly through vertical channels within the doors, across the open mouth, into an exhaust assembly above the top of the mouth, and an exhaust assembly for expelling air into the atmosphere. Also included is a horizontal high thermal conductivity panel formed of a stone-like material, positioned on a complemental support, axially journaled on a rigid shaft, rotated by a gear motor. Further included are a pair of hydrocarbon gas or electrical powered infrared OR) emitters.

Abstract: A system for support and securement of a thermal heating panel of a carousel oven upper a rotational axle includes a flat upper receiver formed of several diametric strips. The upper receiver is proportioned for complemental receipt of the heating panel. At, or integrally secured to, the bottom of the upper receiver, and situated polarly symmetrically about the axle, is a cradle proportioned for complemental fit upon a male drive shaft at an uppermost end of the axle. Due to the weight of the heating panel and its slow rate of rotation within the carousel oven, the force of gravity of the heating panel is sufficient to maintain the upper receiver and its cradle upon the male drive plate even in the absence of positive securement between the elements. Alternatively, the heating panel is entirely replaced by a grill-like surface, secured above or below the diametric strips to permit the grilling of types of meat or food other than those typically cooked upon the thermal plate panel.

Abstract: A system for support and securement of a thermal heating panel of a carousel oven upper a rotational axle includes a flat upper receiver formed of several diametric strips. The upper receiver is proportioned for complemental receipt of the heating panel. At, or integrally secured to, the bottom of the upper receiver, and situated polarly symmetrically about the axle, is a cradle proportioned for complemental fit upon a male drive shaft at an uppermost end of the axle. Due to the weight of the heating panel and its slow rate of rotation within the carousel oven, the force of gravity of the heating panel is sufficient to maintain the upper receiver and its cradle upon the male drive plate even in the absence of positive securement between the elements. Alternatively, the heating panel is entirely replaced by a grill-like surface, secured above or below the diametric strips to permit the grilling of types of meat or food other than those typically cooked upon the thermal plate panel.

Abstract: An air curtain door system for inhibiting heat and exhaust exiting from an access opening of an oven includes a door panel which has an access opening and a mantle attached to a bottom end of the access opening, the mantle having an air outlet slot extending horizontally along the access opening; an air inlet opening near a lower end of the door panel; a hollow chamber within the door panel disposed from the mantle to near the lower end of the door panel; an air supply means for providing air supply to the hollow chamber through the air inlet opening; and an exhaust venting assembly adjacent to an upper end of the door panel, for pulling air exiting from the air outlet slot into the exhaust venting assembly, thereby forming an air curtain covering the access opening at the interior side of the door panel.