System and methods of improving the performance, safety and energy efficiency of a cooking appliance

A system for improving the performance, safety, and energy efficiency of a cooking appliance with one or more heating elements operably connected with a burner controller controlling an amount of energy flowing to the one or more heating elements, the system comprising:

• a means for establishing one or more reference levels via a system controller, enabling said system controller to alert a user or adjust the amount of energy flowing to the one or more heating elements of the cooking appliance;
• one or more sensors operably associated with said system controller for measuring levels of one or more emissions generated in the operation of the cooking appliance;
• said system controller for operating in association with the cooking appliance, said system controller comprising means for reading said one or more reference levels and comparing the measured levels of the one or more emissions with said one or more reference levels;
• and
• an actuator in association with said system controller and operably connected to said burner controller of the cooking appliance, said actuator for adjusting said burner controller of the cooking appliance in response to the measured levels of the one or more emissions exceeding one more reference levels.

A method for configuring a system for improving the performance, safety, and energy efficiency of a cooking appliance with one or more heating elements operably connected with a burner controller controlling an amount of energy flowing to the one or more heating elements, the method comprising:

• providing a burner controller for capable of responding to electronic signals for controlling the amount of energy flowing to the one or more heating elements of the cooking appliance;
• providing a means for establishing one or more reference levels via a system controller, enabling said system controller to alert a user or adjust the amount of energy flowing to the one or more heating elements of the cooking appliance;
• providing one or more sensors operably associated with said system controller to sense levels of one or more emissions generated in the operation of the cooking appliance;
• providing said system controller for operating in association with the cooking appliance, said system controller comprising means for reading said one or more reference levels and comparing the measured levels of the one or more emissions with said one or more reference levels;
• and further
• providing an actuator in association with said system controller and operably connected to said burner controller of the cooking appliance, said actuator for adjusting said burner controller of the cooking appliance in response to the measured levels of the one or more emissions exceeding one more reference levels.