Adjusting preheating parameters for cooking appliances
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsOmar Santana, Pirapat Kitipongpatana
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes at least one heating element to selectively supply heat to a cookware item; and a controller operably connected with the at least one heating element, the controller configured to direct a heating operation. The heating operation includes a preheating phase and a cooking phase. The heating operation includes receiving a temperature setpoint for the cooking phase; determining at least one attribute for the at least one heating element for the preheating phase, the at least one attribute being based on the temperature setpoint; and initiating the preheating phase by directing the at least one heating element according to the at least one determined attribute.
Claims14
A cooking appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the cooking appliance comprising:
- at least one heating element to selectively supply heat to a cookware item;
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- a controller operably connected with the at least one heating element, the controller configured to direct a heating operation comprising a preheating phase and a cooking phase, wherein directing the heating operation comprises:
- receiving a temperature setpoint for the cooking phase;
- determining a power level of the at least one heating element for the preheating phase based on the temperature setpoint, wherein determining the power level comprises retrieving the power level from a lookup table comprising a plurality of power levels;
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- initiating the preheating phase by directing the at least one heating element according to the determined power level.
A method of operating a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising at least one heating element, the method comprising:
- receiving a temperature setpoint for a cooking operation, the cooking operation comprising a preheating phase and a cooking phase;
- determining a power level of the at least one heating element for the preheating phase based on the temperature setpoint, wherein determining the power level comprises retrieving the power level from a lookup table comprising a plurality of power levels;
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- initiating the preheating phase by directing the at least one heating element according to the determined power level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.