Oven appliance with top gas burner

Abstract

An oven appliance includes a cabinet with a chamber for receipt of food items for cooking defined therein. The oven appliance also includes a gas burner positioned proximate to a top portion of the chamber. The oven appliance may also include a low-power electric heating element. The gas burner may be the only combustive heat source for the chamber. The oven appliance includes an electric power supply that may consist of a twenty amp or less circuit.

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;   a gas burner positioned proximate to a top portion of the chamber; and   a low-power electric heating element, wherein the low power electric heating element comprises an electrical power of about two kilowatts or less.   
     
     
         2 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the gas burner is the only combustive heat source for the chamber. 
     
     
         3 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the gas burner and the low-power electric heating element are the only heat sources in direct thermal communication with the chamber. 
     
     
         4 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the low-power electric heating element has a voltage of one hundred twenty volts or less. 
     
     
         5 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , further comprising a fifteen amp power supply, wherein the low-power electric heating element is coupled to and solely powered by the fifteen amp power supply. 
     
     
         6 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the low-power electric heating element is positioned proximate to a bottom wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         7 . The oven appliance of  claim 1 , further comprising a convection fan positioned below the gas burner. 
     
     
         8 . The oven appliance of  claim 7 , wherein the low-power electric heating element is positioned proximate to the convection fan. 
     
     
         9 . The oven appliance of  claim 8 , wherein the low-power electric heating element positioned proximate to the convection fan is a first low-power electric heating element, further comprising a second low-power electric heating element positioned proximate to a bottom wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         10 . The oven appliance of  claim 9 , wherein the gas burner, the first low-power electric heating element, and the second low-power electric heating element are the only heat sources in direct thermal communication with the chamber. 
     
     
         11 . The oven appliance of  claim 7 , wherein the low-power electric heating element is positioned proximate to a bottom wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         12 . 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 gas burner positioned proximate to a top portion of the chamber, wherein the gas burner is the only combustive heat source for the chamber, and wherein the oven appliance comprises an electric power supply, the electric power supply of the oven appliance consisting of a circuit providing twenty amps or less.   
     
     
         13 . The oven appliance of  claim 12 , further comprising a low-power electric element coupled to the circuit of the electric power supply. 
     
     
         14 . The oven appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the gas burner and the low-power electric heating element are the only heat sources in direct thermal communication with the chamber. 
     
     
         15 . The oven appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the low-power electric heating element has a voltage of one hundred twenty volts or less. 
     
     
         16 . The oven appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the low-power electric heating element is positioned proximate to a bottom wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         17 . The oven appliance of  claim 13 , further comprising a convection fan positioned below the gas burner. 
     
     
         18 . The oven appliance of  claim 17 , wherein the low-power electric heating element is positioned proximate to the convection fan. 
     
     
         19 . The oven appliance of  claim 18 , wherein the low-power electric heating element positioned proximate to the convection fan is a first low-power electric heating element, further comprising a second low-power electric heating element positioned proximate to a bottom wall of the chamber. 
     
     
         20 . The oven appliance of  claim 19 , wherein the gas burner, the first low-power electric heating element, and the second low-power electric heating element are the only heat sources in direct thermal communication with the chamber.