Roger I Protas

US Patent:

44768486, Oct 16, 1984

Filed:

Oct 18, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/435143

Inventors:

Roger I. Protas - New York NY

International Classification:

A21B 100

US Classification:

126 19M

Abstract:

A countertop oven particularly well suited for preparing convenience foods, such as frozen dinners and hot sandwiches is provided. The oven includes at least one heating and serving tray with heat resistant handles, the tray sliding into slots in the oven side-walls with the handles on the outside so that the heating and serving tray may be removed from the oven and placed directly on a table for serving. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the oven includes two pairs of slots for receiving two heating and serving trays and includes three heating elements. This heating configuration permits cooking on the two trays in about sixty percent of the time compared to conventional countertop ovens.