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COVER SHEET CHIMNEY CONVECTION

A chimney is a conduit for exhausting gases from cooking equipment.  The chimney is part of a system designed for venting hot gases and smoke from a stove, oven or boiler to the outside atmosphere usually via a supplemental vented hood. They may be vertical or channeled ensuring that hot gases flow smoothly by drawing air into the combustion system through convection or forced by fans.

In foodservice, the term convection refers to a method of heat transfer where food is heated by a moving heat source such as hot air inside an oven that is circulated by a fan. As convection circulates heat, it accelerates the cooking and evens the browning process.