Support for bearing foods, intended to be housed in a convection oven, for cooking said foods, and oven equipped with said support

Abstract

A description is given of a support for bearing foods in convection cooking ovens, which is intended to be housed in the cooking chamber of the oven, the support comprising a surface of open structure with through apertures, on which provision is made for bearing the foods, and also a collecting plate for the cooking liquids which is disposed in a position spaced from and opposite said surface, so as to collect said liquids dropping from the foods during the cooking stage, the collecting plate comprising a base having a predetermined inclination in the direction of at least one discharge opening provided in the plate, for discharging the collected liquids. A convection cooking oven equipped with the aforesaid support is also described.

1 . A support for bearing foods in convection cooking ovens, configured to be housed in a cooking chamber of the oven, said support comprising a surface of open structure with through apertures, and on which provision is made for bearing foods, and a collecting plate for cooking liquids which is disposed in a position spaced from and opposite a surface, so as to collect said liquids dropping from the foods during the cooking stage, wherein the collecting plate comprises a base having a predetermined inclination in the direction of at least one discharge opening provided in the plate, for discharging the collected liquids. 
     
     
         2 . A support according to  claim 1 , wherein said plate comprises at least one rim rising from said base, said at least one discharge opening being provided on said rim. 
     
     
         3 . A support according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one opening is provided in the base of said plate. 
     
     
         4 . A support according to  claim 1 , wherein said collecting plate is rigidly connected to said support. 
     
     
         5 . A support according to  claim 1 , wherein said collecting plate is removably associated with the support. 
     
     
         6 . A support according to  claim 1 , wherein said support is in the shape of a metal grille. 
     
     
         7 . A support according to  claim 4 , wherein said plate is made of sheet metal and is fixed to the grille by spot welding. 
     
     
         8 . A support according to  claim 1 , comprising at least one projection protruding transversely from said support or from said collecting plate and suitable for defining an unequivocal direction of insertion of the support into the cooking chamber of the oven, said projection being capable of interfering with a structure for guiding the support inside the chamber in the case of insertion in the opposite direction. 
     
     
         9 . A support according to  claim 1 , wherein said plate comprises at least one further rim rising from said base in a position opposed to said discharge opening. 
     
     
         10 . A support according to  claim 9 , wherein said surface is in the shape of a grille of metal rod of quadrilateral plan closed in a ring with two major sides and two opposed minor sides, the rim having said opening, and the opposite rim, being provided in the region of the respective major sides. 
     
     
         11 . A support according to  claim 9 , wherein a plurality of appendages for supporting poultry or birds in general is provided on said surface. 
     
     
         12 . A convection cooking oven comprising a cooking chamber provided with an opening, a back wall opposite a front wall containing the opening of the oven, and respective side walls extending between the front side of the opening and the back wall, a fan and at least one support for bearing foods and which is configured to be housed in the cooking chamber, the at least one support comprising a surface of open structure with through apertures, provision being made on said surface for bearing said foods, and a collecting plate for the cooking liquids which is disposed in a position spaced from and opposite said surface, so as to collect said liquids dropping from the foods during the cooking stage, and said collecting plate comprises a base having a predetermined inclination in the direction of at least one discharge opening provided in the plate, for discharging the collected liquids, said at least one opening being placed in a position remote from the fan when the support is housed in the cooking chamber of the oven. 
     
     
         13 . A convection oven according to  claim 12 , wherein said fan is positioned in the region of the back wall of said cooking chamber and said at least one discharge opening is placed on said collecting plate in the region of the opposite wall containing the opening of the oven, when the support is housed in the oven itself, so that said discharge opening is positioned on the opposite side from the fan, to reduce as far as possible the effect of the intake by the fan of drops of cooking liquid dropping from the foods onto said collecting plate. 
     
     
         14 . A support for bearing foods in convection cooking ovens, configured to be housed in a cooking chamber of the oven, said support comprising a surface of open structure with through apertures, and on which provision is made for bearing said foods, and a collecting plate for the cooking liquids which is disposed in a position spaced from and opposite said surface, so as to collect said liquids dropping from the foods during the cooking stage, the collecting plate comprising a base having a predetermined inclination in the direction of at least one discharge opening provided in the plate, for discharging the collected liquids, said at least one opening being provided in the base of said plate.