Abstract: A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a rotating plate rotatably installed at a bottom of an inside of the cooking chamber and including a plurality of areas formed on a top surface thereof, and a first heating portion installed in the cooking chamber and configured to supply heat to a first area of the plurality of areas when the first area is moved to a heating position by the rotating plate being rotatably driven.

Abstract: A system for securing an oven cavity rack includes an oven cavity rack; first and second fasteners passing through the oven cavity rack; a retaining body configured to be located in a space outside of the oven cavity; first and second retaining clips attached to the retaining body at first and second ends of the retaining body, the retaining clips each having a receiving feature that receives one of the fasteners. The first and second fasteners engage the retaining clips and are configured to draw the retaining clips toward the oven cavity to secure the oven cavity rack against an oven cavity side of an oven cavity wall, and when the first fastener is secured to the first retaining clip, the retaining body is positionally fixed by the first fastener such that the receiving feature of the second retaining clip remains aligned with an attachment point.

Abstract: A low-NOx end-fired furnace for melting glass equipped with an overhead burner includes an inlet duct for oxidizer, including 15% to 30% of oxygen, in its upstream wall, a duct for receiving the combustion flue gases in its upstream wall, and a sonic injection system including at least one injector for injecting a jet of a gas at a speed at least equal to 80% of the speed of sound, referred to as a sonic injector, opening into the upstream wall or opening into the duct for receiving the combustion flue gases, the sonic injector injecting its gas counter-current to the stream of the combustion flue gases that are heading toward the duct for receiving the combustion flue gases.

Abstract: A multifunctional electric oven is equipped so that it is easy to change the placement of food and to utilize different heating methods, with high heating efficiency, energy saving and convenient to operation. The multifunctional electric oven comprises a main body assembly, an electric control assembly, an upper acting door, and a side acting door. The electric assembly is located on the main body assembly. The upper acting door and the side acting door are located separately at the top and front of the main body assembly. When the two doors are closed they and the main body assembly together form a closed heating cavity with a heating tube inside. The heating tube can be rotated so as to be placed in a flat position or an upright position. The upper acting door and the side acting door can be opened or closed individually or jointly, to achieve different cooking functional modes.

Abstract: A collapsible unit for supporting food items over a heat source comprises a collapsible frame enclosure wherein at least one side of the frame is reconfigurable to enable various types of cooking and heating arrangements.

Abstract: An oven comprising a box housing with an internal cavity bounded by walls, and provided on one side with an opening closable by a movable door, at least one of the walls there being provided a browning or grilling member comprising an electrical resistance element, and presenting a first side facing the wall and a second side, opposite the first side, facing the interior of the oven cavity in which at least one food item is positioned to be subjected to cooking and/or grilling, this latter function being obtained by activating the member. In a position corresponding with first side of the grilling member a flat element is provided presenting two opposing flat faces, a first face presenting high emissivity and the second face presenting high reflectivity or reflective power, the element being able to be moved relative to the member such that this latter can be faced by the first face or the second face, depending on the type of cooking required for the food item positioned within the oven cavity.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a consumer appliance that uses RF energy to heat foods stored in a container that is suitable for RF heating.

Abstract: A food product steamer includes rotatable platforms that can be covered and uncovered by one or more rotatable, concave hoods. In a first position for the platform(s), the platform(s) supports a food product over a steam-emitting opening above a steam generator. In a first position for the hood, the hood covers the food product such that steam from the steam generator is trapped within the hood to steam the food product. In a second, open position, the hood is rotated where it can receive the food product when the food product slides or falls off the platform as the platform is rotated from its first position to a second, elevated position. At least one embodiment enables food products to be removed from either side of the steam generating base by using a double-acting hinge.

Abstract: Provided is a heat treatment apparatus in which a large-sized substrate can be rapidly heated and rapidly cooled with high uniformity, and a heat treatment method using the heat treatment apparatus. The heat treatment apparatus includes: a first chamber of which one side is opened; a second chamber of which one side is opened; a device for moving the first and the second chambers; a heating device; a gas introduction port; a gas exhaust port; and a jig for longitudinally fixing a substrate, in which the substrate is rapidly heated while the first and the second chambers are connected, and rapidly cooled by separating the chambers to move the substrate away from a heat storage portion of the heating device or the like. Further, the heat treatment method includes the heat treatment apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using an oxide semiconductor is included.

Abstract: Described here is a rectangular, parallelepiped shaped, portable cooking device that consists of a rigid Stand, with attached lid and flaps, that supports multiple food heating containers. A dual purpose transport case/cooking cover, made of heat resistant materials, is a key feature to the design utility by securely transporting the device and acting as a heat efficiency Cover during the food heating process. When used in conjunction with the Stand flaps and lids, this Cover provides many innovations over prior art by preventing heat escape and weather intrusion. Various burner and fuel devices (i.e.: Sterno, Propane, Electric, Coal, Wood . . . ) can be used to provide the heat for this device. The combination of these multi-functional components, in a single compact, portable, modular unit provide significant improvements over current conventional devices by offering multiple options for food heating and serving with increased efficiency in space usage, heat efficiency and transportability.

Abstract: A barbecue grill for cooking an object. The barbecue grill includes a first resistive element subassembly energizable for generating heat to cook the object, and a second resistive element subassembly energizable for generating heat to cook the object.

Abstract: A toaster oven appliance including low-profile heating elements having a predetermined single-sided surface area calculated to provide uniform heating within the cooking chamber, facilitate cleaning and to increase its usable capacity is disclosed. Various alternative configurations of top, bottom, and side-mounted heating elements in combination with both fixed and vertically movable heating element embodiments are provided for use with standard and digital controls. The heating elements are positioned both internally and externally of the cooking chamber and are provided in unsheathed, plain-sheathed, and metallic-sheathed types for a given application of the present oven. In one embodiment the heating elements are constructed as removable plug-in modules for convenient cleaning and replacement. The present toaster oven further includes an optional forced convection fan to reduce cooking temperature and shorten cooking cycles.

Abstract: A collapsible unit for supporting food items over a heat source comprises a collapsible frame enclosure wherein at least one side of the frame is reconfigurable to enable various types of cooking and heating arrangements.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a consumer appliance that uses RF energy to heat foods stored in a container that is suitable for RF heating.

Abstract: A cooking device comprises a cooking surface and a wall structure that extends away with respect to the cooking surface. Examples of the cooking device include a closure configured to be moved with respect to the wall structure from a first position to a second position. Access to the cooking surface is provided when the closure is oriented in the first position and the closure is configured to cooperate with the wall structure to define a cooking chamber when the closure is oriented in the second position. A handle can be attached to the closure, wherein the closure is configured to move from the second position to the first position by moving the handle away with respect to the wall structure. In addition or alternatively, the cooking device may include a rotisserie device with an arm configured to move from a retracted position to an extended position with respect to the wall structure.

Abstract: A reflowing apparatus for mounting parts on a printed wiring board, has a fixed heating portion for blowing the hot air to the printed wiring board, and a moving heating portion for locally varying the temperature of the hot air blown by the fixed heating portion to the printed wiring board.

Abstract: The invention relates to a furnace (10) for heating preforms (20), of the type that comprises a preform-heating tunnel (12). According to the invention, the tunnel consists of a heating module (18) comprising vertical walls (14, 16) between which the preforms (20) travel. Moreover, at least one wall (16) of the module (18) is provided with at least one heating means (32) which is mounted to supports (34) such that it can move transversely and means (40) for adjusting the transverse position of the heating means (32) comprising at least one member (42) for controlling the movement of the heating means (32) between at least two indexed positions. The invention is characterized in that the control member (42) comprises an indexing boss (54) which can deform elastically such as to fit inside the complementary indexing notches (56, 58) on the corresponding support (34) at proximal and distal positions respectively.

Abstract: A method for steam cooking includes introducing steam, from a steam generator device, into a food cooking container through a supply conduit so that at an inlet opening to the food cooking container the steam enters tangentially to a wall of the food cooking container. The generation of steam is controlled by a control system so as to provide a difference between the pressure in the supply conduit and the pressure in the interior of the food cooking container of at least 1 kPa.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotating spit with a central body (10), for supporting foodstuffs (2), in particular layered meat and layered meat products, arranged around the central body (10) and a heating element (3) acting from outside on the foodstuff (2). The aim of the invention is to improve the state of the art such that the layered foodstuff may remain perfectly fresh and hygienic over a longer period. Said aim is achieved whereby the central body (10) is provided with cooling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular oven for food products, the oven including a conveyor device for entraining the products from an inlet to an outlet of the oven, and comprising in cascade at least two, and preferably three, individual modules, each individual module presenting: a ceiling of adjustable height that presents first air and/or steam injection means for generating forced convection; a floor of adjustable height that presents second air and/or steam injection means for generating forced convection; floor burners for baking by convection, which burners are disposed between the floor and the conveyor device and are adjustable vertical position; and ceiling burners for baking by radiation, which burners are disposed between the conveyor device and the ceiling, and are adjustable in vertical position.

Abstract: An electric oven includes a rectangular body, a top heat tube and a bottom heat tube are located in the body of the oven. A rotatable heating member is located at a mediate portion of the body and has a rotatable heat tube which is driven by a motor and an operation lever. The rotatable heat tube is rotatable when operating the motor or the operation lever. Two limit switches are located in the body at a horizontal position and an upright position, the limit switches are activated by the operation lever when adjusting the rotatable heat tube. When the rotatable heat tube is located at the upright position, the limit switch at the upright position is activate to stop the motor and activate the rotatable heat tube, so that a large piece of food can be baked in the oven.

Abstract: An oven is provided for curing or reflowing compounds on objects, such as lead frames or other substrates. The oven comprises a heating chamber, a heating assembly mounted in thermal communication with the heating chamber to provide heat thereto, and a support assembly for supporting the object in the heating chamber for heating. The heating assembly and support assembly are configured to be movable relative to one another for controllably positioning the object at variable distances with respect to the heating assembly. Heating of the object according to a heating profile can thus be achieved by controlled heating of the object at different temperatures by positioning the object at different distances with respect to the heating assembly during the heating process although there is a single heating zone.

Abstract: A food heating or cooking appliance has at least one electrical heating element within its interior that is adjustable in position so as to be able to be moved close to thin or small food items under the control of a manually actuated control. A separator plate that extends across the interior chamber of the appliance from side to side and from front to back is movable with the heating element to enable adjustment of the volumetric size of the cooking chamber containing the heating element and the food to be heated or cooked. A manual actuator, a knob or lever, for example, moves the heating element and the separator plate through a motion transfer bar that extends across the width of the appliance and is attached to a linkage on each side of the appliance to communicate movement to a pair of movable supports supporting the rod-like heating element at each of its ends and the separator plate at opposite edges.

Abstract: A continuous oven for heating a food product having an outer surface and an interior includes an enclosure with a first heating zone and a second heating zone. A conveyor is configured to convey the product from the first heating zone to the second heating zone. At least one surface-browning infrared emitter is adjacent the first heating zone of the conveyor and is configured to provide a first electromagnetic radiation profile to the product in the first heating zone that is adapted to evaporate surface moisture to produce a crust matrix on the outer surface of the product. At least one interior-heating infrared emitter is adjacent the second heating zone of the conveyor and is configured to provide a second electromagnetic radiation profile to the product in the second heating zone that is different from the first electromagnetic radiation profile. The second electromagnetic radiation profile is adapted to heat the interior of the product.

Abstract: A food heating or cooking appliance has at least one electrical heating element within its interior that is adjustable in position so as to be able to be moved close to thin or small food items under the control of a manually actuated control. A separator plate that extends across the interior chamber of the appliance from side to side and from front to back is movable with the heating element to enable adjustment of the volumetric size of the cooking chamber containing the heating element and the food to be heated or cooked. A manual actuator, a knob or lever, for example, moves the heating element and the separator plate through a motion transfer bar that extends across the width of the appliance and is attached to a linkage on each side of the appliance to communicate movement to a pair of movable supports supporting the rod-like heating element at each of its ends and the separator plate at opposite edges.

Abstract: A dual function heating and toasting apparatus is provided for radiantly heating or surface toasting bread-type food products. The apparatus includes a housing defining a heating/toasting chamber. A generally vertically oriented, center fixed heating platen is disposed in the chamber. A pair of generally vertically oriented, movable heating platens are disposed on opposite sides of the center fixed platen. A gate is movably mounted on the housing near the bottoms of the platens for movement between a closed position to hold a product between the platens and an open position allowing a finished product to exit the chamber. A product such as a bagel can be placed into the chamber onto the gate between one of the movable platens and the fixed platen and spaced therefrom to heat the bagel by radiant heat. Alternatively, a product such as a bun can be placed in the chamber onto the gate and the movable platen moved to bias the bun against the fixed platen to surface toast the bun.

Abstract: A microwave oven and a method of controlling the same, in which a cooking unit disposed in a cooking cavity is moved from an initial position to a cooking position. In the microwave oven, a magnetron is operated after heaters are moved to respective cooking positions where a rotating unit to move the heaters and the magnetron are operated. Accordingly, microwaves are radiated into the cooking cavity while the heaters are not being moved by the rotating unit, so a generation of heat and sparks resulting from a concentration of the microwaves into spaces between a moving unit including the rotating unit and the cooking unit and between the moving unit and a wall of the cooking cavity is preventable.

Abstract: Automatic toaster apparatus as described including a displacing mechanism for displacing at least one of the heater plates, preferably both heater plates, towards and away from the food article in the toaster in order to accelerate the toasting thereof. According to another feature, particularly useful in apparatus for toasting bagels or other types of rolls having relatively hard crust layers on their outer surfaces, the toaster includes cutter blades for cutting through the roll before the roll is fed into the toasting unit. In the described embodiment, the cutter includes a pair of spaced cutter blades for cutting away the crust layer on the opposite faces of the roll before the roll is fed into the toaster unit.

Abstract: A microwave oven and a method of controlling the same that is capable of detecting the respective positions of heaters using detectors for which a number thereof is less than a number of cooking modes. Cooking is performed with the heaters in respective horizontal positions in a cooking mode in which cooking requiring the heaters to heat food is performed, while cooking is performed with the heaters positioned in the respective initial positions in a cooking mode in which the cooking not requiring the heaters to heat the food is performed. Each of the detectors is a micro switch operated by a cam. Accordingly, in the microwave oven and in the method of controlling the same, the number of the detectors to detect the respective positions of the heaters is decreased. Further, an electrical wire is connected to a single micro switch to detect the respective positions of the heaters.

Abstract: A food processing apparatus including a main housing, a heating compartment, first heating means and second heating means, the heating compartment being enclosed within the main housing, the first heating means being generally disposed proximal to the peripheral surface of the heating compartment for generating heat across the heating compartment for heating food or food items placed within the heating compartment, the second heating means generally extend from a peripheral surface of the heating compartment towards the inside of the heating compartment for generating heat towards the peripheral surfaces of the heating compartment.

Abstract: A grilling station for simultaneously grilling a variety of foods. The station includes a plurality of grilling ovens. Each of the grilling ovens has a housing with an opening for loading food into that housing. A first grilling unit is mounted in each housing for supporting food. A second grilling unit is mounted in each housing positionable above each respective first grilling unit and being vertically moveable in relation to the respective first grilling unit. The first and second grilling units in each of the housings connected to a respective control assembly to determine selectively the length of time energy is supplied to the grilling units providing selective separate grilling times in each of the housings.

Abstract: A combined rotisserie and convection oven includes a cooking chamber having a first end and a second end. A fan is in fluid communication with the cooking chamber for creating an airflow in the cooking chamber, and a removable spit is rotatably suspended between the first and second ends of the cooking chamber. A heating element for providing the cooking temperature is provided in the cooking chamber, and is movable to a plurality of positions within the cooking chamber.

Abstract: Automatic toaster apparatus as described including a displacing mechanism for displacing at least one of the heater plates, preferably both heater plates, towards and away from the food article in the toaster in order to accelerate the toasting thereof. According to another feature, particularly useful in apparatus for toasting bagels or other types of rolls having relatively hard crust layers on their outer surfaces, the toaster includes cutter blades for cutting through the roll before the roll is fed into the toasting unit. In the described embodiment, the cutter includes a pair of spaced cutter blades for cutting away the crust layer on the opposite faces of the roll before the roll is fed into the toaster unit.

Abstract: An oven having a cooking chamber which has a pair of opposing sidewalls and a rear wall member having a pair of end portions and a protruding portion between the end portions. First and second stationary heaters are located within lower and upper portions, respectively, of the cooking chamber and a pair of movable heaters located between the first and second stationary heaters. Each movable heater is movably attached to a corresponding one of the end portions of the rear wall member and movable between a resting position and a heating position. Each movable heater is adjacent to a corresponding sidewall when the movable heater is in the resting position. A manually operated mechanical drive system moves both movable heaters simultaneously between the resting position and the heating position. Rack support members are attached to the sidewalls for supporting a lower rack below the movable heaters and an upper rack above the movable heaters.

Abstract: A conductive metal jumper strap has a plate portion with a pair of connection legs forming a u-shape. The connection legs are adapted to connect to terminals to make an electrical connection between two components of a heating device. The plate portion has a bend in it to allow flexing so that the connection legs can make a jumper connection between terminals where the terminal spacing may vary between heating devices.

Abstract: The invention concerns an electric oven (1) comprising a generally parallelepiped internal volume (3), having top (8) and bottom (7) horizontal walls and side walls (5, 6); and at least a heating element (20) consisting of one or several substantially coplanar heating zones (21, 22), capable of taking up several positions inside the internal volume (3). The invention is characterised in that said heating element (20) is mounted pivoting about an axis (24) perpendicular to the side walls (5, 6) and mobile between two heating positions, namely: a first position wherein it is located proximate to the bottom horizontal wall (7); a second position wherein it is located substantially horizontal at a specific distance from the top horizontal wall (8).

Abstract: A cooking apparatus having heaters having a cooking chamber to be closed by a door. The cooking chamber has heaters which are extended to a first position to heat food. When the door is opened in a state of the heaters being extended to the first position, the heaters are moved to a second position, so that a user can safely take the food out of the microwave oven without risk of a burn injury.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a heater is disclosed. The cooking apparatus is operated in a cleaning mode to clean a cooking chamber. When the cleaning mode is selected, the heater is moved to one of various positions to afford a sufficient space to clean the cooking chamber.

Abstract: A combined rotisserie and convection oven includes a cooking chamber having a first end and a second end. A fan is in fluid communication with the cooking chamber for creating an airflow in the cooking chamber, and a removable spit is rotatably suspended between the first and second ends of the cooking chamber. A heating element for providing the cooking temperature is provided in the cooking chamber, and is movable to a plurality of positions within the cooking chamber.

Abstract: An automatic bread slice-toasting oven comprises a case, a toasting chamber, a guide rail form toasting shelf, an electrical transmission mechanism and a timing control circuit. A push rod provided with push claws is provided beneath the toasting shelf, the push claws are hinged to the two ends of the push rod via pivot pins respectively, the push rod is connected to the transmission mechanism. The motor rotates in the positive and negative directions by the controlling of the timing control circuit so as to reciprocate the push rod, so that the front claw on the push rod pushes the toasted bread slice out of the toasting chamber and the rear claw pushes a bread slice to be toasted into the toasting chamber. The toasting can be carried out automatically, continuously and alternatively by setting the time period of toasting with safety and convenience, thus increasing the efficiency of toasting greatly and ensuring the quality of the toasted bread slice.

Abstract: Device for heating a blown film web, inflated into a blown film bubble between a pair of forward draw rolls and a pair of take off rolls, comprises a frame mounted, driven pair of forward draw rolls and an opposite, stationarily mounted, driven pair of take off rolls for the blown film web hauled off the inflated bubble. Furthermore, there are collapsing mechanisms and mechanisms for inflating and heating the blown film web. To feed the correct amount of heat to the inflated web independently of its diameter, the heating devices comprise heating elements, which are arranged concentricly around the axis of the inflated blown film web and which can be moved toward and away from the blown film web by means of regulating drives in the radial direction.

Abstract: A rapid roasting oven with movable heating elements comprises a housing, a timer, a reflecting plate and at least one heating element mounted on the reflecting plate, wherein a travel mechanism is set in the housing, and the reflecting plate is coupled with the travel mechanism and moves up and down vertically along with the housing.

Abstract: An electric cooking appliance composed of: a frame having at least one top or bottom wall and at least one lateral wall, the walls defining a cooking enclosure; and at least one tubular heating element arranged in the cooking enclosure, in the vicinity of at least one the top or bottom walls, the heating element being movable, by rotation, between a horizontal working position and a disengagement position with respect to the working position, wherein the heating element has two end parts whose free ends are connected by connectors to a current supply circuit for the heating element, the end parts extending out of the cooking enclosure through an opening or openings provided in one of the lateral walls, and at least one of the end parts has at least one locally enlarged portion which either: is able to cooperate with a fastener at least partially surrounding the heating element and forming an extremity of a restoring means for urging the heating element toward, and maintain said heating element in, the working

Abstract: A self-aligning mating structure of a substrate support element is connected to an alignment guide. The combination of the self-aligning mating structure and the alignment guide assures that the element properly seats in a complementary mating structure shaped opening in a susceptor as the susceptor is moved into the processing position. An end of the substrate support element opposite to and removed from the self-aligning mating structure is weighted. Thus, the substrate support element remains properly seated in the susceptor throughout the process cycle. The end of the substrate support element opposite to and removed from the self-aligning mating structure also includes a support structure. As the susceptor is lowered from the processing position to the load/unload position, the support structure contacts the bottom of the reaction chamber or other surface in the reaction chamber.

Abstract: An electric oven with an oven muffle which can be closed by a door and in which a cooking-product support can be held on a holder element. The cooking-product support has its own cooking-product support heater element, and via a power supply element, the cooking-product support heater element can be fed with an electric voltage of the oven, is known. In order to keep the outlay for providing electrical contact for the cooking-product support heater element low, the holder element for the cooking-product support at the same time serves as the power supply conduit or element.

Abstract: A broiler oven has a heating chamber 2, first and second movable heaters 61 and 62 formed out of tubular heaters and rotatably supported by the inner walls of the heating chamber 2 in such a way that their heating portions 61b and 62b and their shaft portions 61a and 62a joined together so as to be parallel to each other by their arm portions 61c and 62c are held at an equal level, a driving mechanism 12 for rotating the shaft portions 61a and 62a, and a control circuit 10 for controlling the first and second movable heaters 61 and 62 and the driving mechanism 12. The control circuit 10 controls the driving mechanism 12 to rotate the first and second movable heaters 61 and 62 between a non-heating position and a heating position, and energizes the first and second movable heaters 61 and 62 when they are in the heating positions.

Abstract: An oven having a tray forming a heating element enclosure beneath an oven liner. The heating element compartment has a rear access opening. A heating element is removably supported by the tray beneath a bottom wall of the oven liner. An access panel is provided for closing the rear access opening of the heating element enclosure. The access panel is secured to the oven liner and the rear edge of the tray is fastened to the access panel. An inner chassis is disposed about the oven liner. The inner chassis includes a rear chassis panel and a chassis bottom panel having a rear edge removably attached to the rear chassis panel. A cabinet enclosure surrounds the inner chassis and includes a removable back wall. Access to the access panel is accomplished by removing the back wall and disconnecting the chassis bottom panel from the rear chassis panel such that the chassis bottom panel may be flexed to expose the access panel.

Abstract: A preform heating device has a plurality of infrared heaters disposed horizontally and spaced apart in the axial direction of a preform carried along a carrying path which carries a preform in a state that the axial direction thereof is vertical. The preform is at least rotated when facing the infrared heaters. First and second insulating plates, and an insulating air layer formed therebetween are disposed facing the carrying path with the infrared heaters between. The infrared heaters are supported by a plurality of support members. Each of this plurality of support members is able to be moved upward and downward by a height adjustment means, and is fixed to the second insulating plate at a given vertical position.

Abstract: A method and device for hybridization of components by solder beads on a substrate using an oven, comprising: raising the temperature of a heating element of the oven, with no contact either with substrate or with component, bringing substrate into thermal contact with heating element for time .DELTA.t, and uncoupling substrate and heating element at the end of time .DELTA.t.

Abstract: A domestic oven includes a housing defining a cooking chamber, at least one stationary first heating element in the chamber, a shelf movably disposed in the chamber, a second heating element mounted to the shelf, and a drive operatively connected to the shelf for translating the shelf, together with the second heating element, in the housing. The shelf is made of heat conductive metal. A temperature sensor in heat conductive contact with the shelf senses the temperature of the shelf and of a metal tray or pan placed on the shelf in heat conductive contact therewith. The temperature sensor is operatively connected to an energization circuit for the second heating element for de-energizing the second heating element upon detecting a sudden rise in temperature. The second heating element is mounted to the shelf via insulating spacers. The oven is used to perform a hybrid steaming and baking method.