Ancient Israelite cuisine aside, and the loaves were baked on the heated surface. People also began placing a convex dome, initially earthenware and later metal, over the pit-oven and cooking the flatbreads on the dome instead of on the ash-covered surface; this type of oven is probably what was meant by the biblical "machabat", often translated as “griddle”. The Persians introduced a clay oven called a tanur (similar to the Indian tandoor), which had an opening at the bottom for the fire, and through which the bread was placed to be baked on the inner wall of the upper chamber from the heat
Oven probe to automatically shut the oven off when the food is completely cooked to the desired degree. Some ovens provide various aids to cleaning. "Continuous cleaning" ovens have the oven chamber coated with a catalytic surface that helps break down (oxidize) food splatters and spills over time. "Self-cleaning" ovens use pyrolytic decomposition (extreme heat) to oxidize dirt. Steam ovens may provide a wet-soak cycle to loosen dirt, allowing easier manual removal. In the absence of any special methods, chemical "oven cleaners" are sometimes used or just scrubbing. Outside the culinary world, ovens are used for a number of purposes. Oven