A conveyor oven having a heating chamber and an oven chamber. A conveyor
is disposed in the oven chamber to convey food products between an entry
port and an exit port. An air impingement assembly is disposed to provide
jets of impingement air toward the food product. A fan blower, a heater
and a moisture delivery device are arranged to provide heat and moisture
to an airflow to the air impingement assembly so that the jets of air are
heated and laden with moisture and provide as a blanket-like mixture of
air and moisture at the surface of the food product.