Oven appliance with bottom broil element

Abstract

An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction. The vertical, lateral, and transverse directions are mutually perpendicular. The cabinet comprising a front portion spaced apart from a back portion along the transverse direction and a left side spaced apart from a right side along the lateral direction. The oven appliance also includes a chamber defined within the cabinet for receipt of food items for cooking. A broil heating element is positioned proximate to a bottom portion of the chamber.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An oven appliance, comprising:
 a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the cabinet comprising a front portion spaced apart from a back portion along the transverse direction and a left side spaced apart from a right side along the lateral direction;   a chamber defined within the cabinet for receipt of food items for cooking; and   a broil heating element positioned below a bottom wall of the chamber.   
     
     
         2 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , wherein there are no heating elements positioned proximate a top wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         3 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the broil heating element is a gas burner. 
     
     
         4 . The oven appliance of  claim 3 , wherein the gas burner is the only combustive heat source for the chamber. 
     
     
         5 . The oven appliance of  claim 3 , further comprising an electric heating element proximate to the top wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         6 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the broil heating element is positioned proximate a back wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         7 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , further comprising a natural convection flow path defined through the chamber, the natural convection flow path extending from an origin at the broil heating element to a top wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         8 . The oven appliance of  claim 7 , wherein the natural convection flow path extends from the broil heating element, upward along the vertical direction across a back wall of the chamber, and forward along the transverse direction across the top wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         9 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , further comprising a bake heating element proximate to the broil heating element. 
     
     
         10 . The oven appliance of  claim 9 , wherein the bake heating element is an electric heating element. 
     
     
         11 . An oven appliance, comprising:
 a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the cabinet comprising a front portion spaced apart from a back portion along the transverse direction and a left side spaced apart from a right side along the lateral direction;   a chamber defined within the cabinet for receipt of food items for cooking; and   a broil heating element positioned proximate to a bottom portion of the chamber.   
     
     
         12 . The oven appliance of  claim 11 , wherein there are no heating elements positioned proximate a top wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         13 . The oven appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the broil heating element is a gas burner. 
     
     
         14 . The oven appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the gas burner is the only combustive heat source for the chamber. 
     
     
         15 . The oven appliance of  claim 13 , further comprising an electric heating element proximate to the top wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         16 . The oven appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the broil heating element is positioned proximate a back wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         17 . The oven appliance of  claim 11 , further comprising a natural convection flow path defined through the chamber, the natural convection flow path extending from an origin at the broil heating element to a top wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         18 . The oven appliance of  claim 17 , wherein the natural convection flow path extends from the broil heating element, upward along the vertical direction across a back wall of the chamber, and forward along the transverse direction across the top wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         19 . The oven appliance of  claim 11 , further comprising a bake heating element proximate to the broil heating element. 
     
     
         20 . The oven appliance of  claim 19 , wherein the bake heating element is an electric heating element.