Cooking assembly and methods for protecting utensils thereon
AssigneeHaler US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDavid William Billman, John Mark Chilton
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Abstract
Cooking assemblies, such as cooktop appliances, including methods of operation thereof, are provided. A method of operating a cooktop appliance may include receiving a mode selection signal from a user interface of the cooktop appliance. The method may also include receiving a utensil signal from a cooking utensil positioned on a primary heating element and restricting heat generation at a secondary heating element or transmitting a notification signal.
Claims19
A method of operating a cooktop appliance defining a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, the cooktop appliance comprising a primary heating element and a secondary heating element spaced apart from the primary heating element along the horizontal direction, the method comprising:
- receiving a mode selection signal from a user interface of the cooktop appliance indicating a precision cooking mode for the primary heating element;
- receiving a utensil signal from a cooking utensil positioned on the primary heating element;
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- restricting heat generation at the secondary heating element based on the mode selection signal in response to receiving the utensil signal while the primary heating element is active in the precision cooking mode.
A method of operating a cooktop appliance defining a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, the cooktop appliance comprising a primary heating element and a secondary heating element spaced apart from the primary heating element along the horizontal direction, the method comprising:
- receiving a mode selection signal from a user interface of the cooktop appliance indicating a precision cooking mode for the primary heating element;
- receiving a utensil signal from a cooking utensil positioned on the primary heating element, the utensil signal confirming that a wireless connection has been established between the cooktop appliance and the cooking utensil;
- determining an operational condition of the secondary heating element response to receiving the utensil signal;
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- transmitting a notification signal to the user interface in response to determining the operational condition while the primary heating element is active.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.