Bake algorithm for gas oven with electric bake element
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorHans Juergen Paller
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Abstract
A method of operating an oven appliance includes obtaining a burner prioritization from a user of the oven appliance, obtaining a temperature set point for a cooking process, determining, based on the temperature set point and the burner prioritization, a target heating rate for the cooking process, operating an electric heat source to heat the cooking chamber, determining that a heating rate of the cooking chamber is below the target heating rate, and operating a gas heat source in response to determining that the heating rate of the cooking chamber is below the target heating rate.
Claims18
A method of operating an oven appliance, the oven appliance comprising a cooking chamber, a gas heat source, and an electric heat source, the method comprising:
- obtaining a burner prioritization from a user of the oven appliance;
- obtaining a temperature set point for a cooking process;
- determining, based on the temperature set point and the burner prioritization, a target heating rate for the cooking process;
- operating the electric heat source to heat the cooking chamber;
- determining that a heating rate of the cooking chamber is below the target heating rate;
- operating the gas heat source in response to determining that the heating rate of the cooking chamber is below the target heating rate;
- determining, based on the temperature set point, an electric heating temperature range and a gas undershoot temperature limit, the gas undershoot temperature limit being below the electric heating temperature range;
- determining that a chamber temperature has dropped to the gas undershoot temperature limit;
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- operating the gas heat source to maintain the chamber temperature above the gas undershoot temperature limit.
An oven appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber;
- an electric heat source provided within the cooking chamber;
- a gas heat source provided within the cooking chamber;
- a temperature sensor provided within the cooking chamber and configured to sense a temperature of the cooking chamber;
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- a controller operably connected to the electric heat source, the gas heat source, and the temperature sensor, wherein the controller is configured to execute an operation comprising:
- obtaining a burner prioritization from a user of the oven appliance;
- obtaining a temperature set point for a cooking process;
- determining, based on the temperature set point and the burner prioritization, a target heating rate for the cooking process;
- operating the electric heat source to heat the cooking chamber;
- determining that a heating rate of the cooking chamber is below the target heating rate;
- operating the gas heat source in response to determining that the heating rate of the cooking chamber is below the target heating rate;
- determining, based on the temperature set point, an electric heating temperature range and a gas undershoot temperature limit, the gas undershoot temperature limit being below the electric heating temperature range;
- determining that a chamber temperature has dropped to the gas undershoot temperature limit;
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- operating the gas heat source to maintain the chamber temperature above the gas undershoot temperature limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.