An appliance to cook pizza

Abstract

There is disclosed a cooking appliance (2010) including: a body (2014) providing a floor (2016), a ceiling (2018) and an intermediate wall (2020) locating between the floor (2016) and ceiling (2018), the floor (2016), ceiling (2018), and wall (2020) at least partly surrounding a cooking cavity (2022), the body (2014) having an opening (2024) via which product to be cooked can be moved relative to the cavity (2022); at least one upper heating element (2030) located in an upper portion (2032) of the cavity (2022) to deliver radiant energy to cook the product; and at least one shield (2034) positioned relative to the element (2030) to shield a portion of the product from the radiant energy. 20 26 23 40 62 17 S ep 2 02 6 A B S T R A C T 2 0 2 6 2 3 4 0 6 2 1 7 2 0 2 6 S e p T h e r e i s d i s c l o s e d a c o o k i n g a p p l i a n c e ( 2 0 1 0 ) i n c l u d i n g : a b o d y ( 2 0 1 4 ) p r o v i d i n g a f l o o r ( 2 0 1 6 ) , a c e i l i n g ( 2 0 1 8 ) a n d a n i n t e r m e d i a t e w a l l ( 2 0 2 0 ) l o c a t i n g b e t w e e n t h e f l o o r ( 2 0 1 6 ) a n d c e i l i n g ( 2 0 1 8 ) , t h e f l o o r ( 2 0 1 6 ) , c e i l i n g ( 2 0 1 8 ) , a n d w a l l ( 2 0 2 0 ) a t l e a s t p a r t l y s u r r o u n d i n g a c o o k i n g c a v i t y ( 2 0 2 2 ) , t h e b o d y ( 2 0 1 4 ) h a v i n g a n o p e n i n g ( 2 0 2 4 ) v i a w h i c h p r o d u c t t o b e c o o k e d c a n b e m o v e d r e l a t i v e t o t h e c a v i t y ( 2 0 2 2 ) ; a t l e a s t o n e u p p e r h e a t i n g e l e m e n t ( 2 0 3 0 ) l o c a t e d i n a n u p p e r p o r t i o n ( 2 0 3 2 ) o f t h e c a v i t y ( 2 0 2 2 ) t o d e l i v e r r a d i a n t e n e r g y t o c o o k t h e p r o d u c t ; a n d a t l e a s t o n e s h i e l d ( 2 0 3 4 ) p o s i t i o n e d r e l a t i v e t o t h e e l e m e n t ( 2 0 3 0 ) t o s h i e l d a p o r t i o n o f t h e p r o d u c t f r o m t h e r a d i a n t e n e r g y .

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