Adjusting a preheating cycle according to thermal attributes of cookware items
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorOmar Santana
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Abstract
A method of operating a cooking appliance includes receiving a temperature setpoint input for a preheating phase of a cooking operation; retrieving a default power level for at least one heating element in response to receiving the temperature setpoint input; directing the at least one heating element at the default power level over a thermal coupling classification period, the thermal coupling classification period being a portion of the preheating phase; determining a thermal coupling behavior of a cookware item provided on the at least one heating element after an expiration of the thermal coupling classification period; and adjusting one or more parameters of the preheating phase based on the thermal coupling behavior of the cookware item.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- at least one heating element to selectively supply heat to a cookware item;
- a temperature sensor configured to selectively monitor a temperature of the cookware item;
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- a controller operably connected with the at least one heating element and the temperature sensor, the controller configured to perform a feedback controlled heating operation comprising a preheating phase, the feedback controlled heating operation comprising:
- receiving a temperature setpoint input;
- retrieving a default power level for the at least one heating element in response to receiving the temperature setpoint input;
- directing the at least one heating element at the default power level over a thermal coupling classification period, the thermal coupling classification period being a first portion of the preheating phase;
- determining a thermal coupling behavior of the cookware item after an expiration of the thermal coupling classification period;
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- adjusting one or more parameters of the feedback controlled heating operation based on the thermal coupling behavior of the cookware item.
A method of operating a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising at least one heating element and a temperature sensor, the method comprising:
- receiving a temperature setpoint input for a feedback controlled heating operation, the feedback controlled heating operation comprising a preheating phase;
- retrieving a default power level for the at least one heating element in response to receiving the temperature setpoint input;
- directing the at least one heating element at the default power level over a thermal coupling classification period, the thermal coupling classification period being a portion of the preheating phase;
- determining a thermal coupling behavior of a cookware item provided on the at least one heating element after an expiration of the thermal coupling classification period;
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- adjusting one or more parameters of the feedback controlled heating operation based on the thermal coupling behavior of the cookware item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.