US 11,985,734 B2
Countertop cooking system
Ethan S. Kramer, Allston, MA (US); Abhilash Shah, Bedford, NH (US); Ethan T. Brown, Cambridge, MA (US); Joshua D. Anthony, Billerica, MA (US); and Linden Zlotea, Jamaica Plain, MA (US)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/385,238.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/056,974, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030666 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 1/02 (2006.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01); A47J 37/06 (2006.01); F24C 7/04 (2021.01); F24C 7/06 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 1/0263 (2013.01) [A47J 36/32 (2013.01); A47J 37/0629 (2013.01); A47J 37/0641 (2013.01); F24C 7/046 (2013.01); F24C 7/067 (2013.01); F24C 7/087 (2013.01); F24C 15/325 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system positionable on a support surface, the cooking system comprising:
a housing having a hollow interior including an internal cooking chamber for receiving a food item, the interior of the housing having a ceiling, a floor, and a height extending between the ceiling and the floor;
at least one radiative heating element arranged within the hollow interior and operable to heat the cooking chamber;
a fan shroud mounted within the hollow interior, the fan shroud forming a partition that separates the cooking chamber from a convection chamber, the convection chamber being in fluid communication with the cooking chamber;
an air movement device; and
a convection heater disposed within the convection chamber and operable to heat an air flow moved by the air movement device;
wherein the cooking system is operable in a convection cooking mode, and during the convection cooking mode the at least one radiative heating element is selectively energized;
characterized in that openings are formed within the fan shroud at respective sides of the fan shroud, the openings extending generally over a full height of the fan shroud between the ceiling and the floor of the interior of the housing, and the air movement device is arranged to force the air flow out from the convection chamber through the openings, evenly over the height of the interior of the housing between the ceiling and the floor.