Control system for cooking appliance during jewish holidays and sabbath

A control system for automatically operating a cooking appliance during at least one Jewish Holiday period of time in compliance with the Orthodox Jewish Laws, comprising:

• a. a programmable timer in communication with a heater element of the cooking appliance which can be selectively programmed to provide for a plurality of cycles of an activation and a subsequent deactivation of the heater element in accordance with a predetermined schedule during a predetermined period of time that is longer than the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time, wherein when the programmable timer initially activates prior to the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time, the programmable timer initially activates the heater element in accordance with the predetermined schedule to a predetermined level determined by the cooking appliance, and wherein when the programmable timer subsequently deactivates during the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time, the heater element deactivates in accordance with the predetermined schedule for activations and deactivations, such activation and deactivation occurring for the scheduled cycle of activations and deactivations of the heater element.

9-11. (canceled)