Cooktop appliance vaporization-responsive closed-loop-controls
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsOmar Santana, James Lee Armstrong
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Abstract
A method of operating a cooktop appliance in a precision mode includes monitoring a temperature with a temperature sensor and starting a vaporization timer when the monitored temperature enters a vaporization band. The method also includes freezing the precision mode when the vaporization timer expires and the monitored temperature is within the vaporization band.
Claims20
A cooktop appliance, comprising:
- a user interface;
- a heating element positioned at a cooking surface of the cooktop appliance;
- a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature at a utensil heated by the heating element;
- and
- a controller, the controller configured for:
- receiving a user-determined set temperature from the user interface;
- receiving a precision mode initiation signal;
- monitoring the temperature at the utensil heated by the heating element with the temperature sensor;
- starting a vaporization timer when the monitored temperature enters a vaporization band;
- and
- freezing the precision mode when the vaporization timer expires and the monitored temperature is within the vaporization band.
A method of operating a cooktop appliance, the cooktop appliance comprising a user interface, a heating element positioned at a cooking surface of the cooktop appliance, and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature at a utensil heated by the heating element, the method comprising:
- receiving a user-determined set temperature from a user interface of the cooktop appliance;
- receiving a precision mode initiation signal;
- monitoring the temperature at the utensil heated by the heating element with the temperature sensor;
- starting a vaporization timer when the monitored temperature enters a vaporization band;
- and
- freezing the precision mode when the vaporization timer expires and the monitored temperature is within the vaporization band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.