Improvements related to par baking and similar baking processes

摘要

The invention relates to an oven configured with a fixed front wall, a baking space behind the fixed front wall, heating elements at a rear of the baking space and opposite the fixed front wall, or above or below the baking space, and at least one door at a side of the baking space, which door is openable to the rear to provide a side access opening configured to permit food items to be loaded into and/or unloaded out of the baking space.