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US 2015/0312964 A1Published application
Wirelessly operable cooking appliance
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsNicole Ann Sorenson, Byron Seth Sawyer, Timothy Nott, Dominic DiMarco, David Everett, Jacob Daniel Smith, Karl W. Marschke
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Abstract
A wirelessly operable cooking appliance for cooking food products includes a wireless communication device. A computing device, such as a smartphone, can wirelessly communicate with the cooking appliance to control and monitor the cooking appliance.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing;
- a heating element disposed within the housing;
- a cooking plate mounted on the housing;
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- a control device configured to communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network, receive a cooking configuration from the user computing device via the wireless network, and control the heating element to heat the cooking plate based upon the cooking configuration.
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A method of controlling a cooking appliance, the method comprising:
- receiving cooking configuration data from a user computing device via a wireless network, the cooking configuration data including a target cooking temperature;
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- controlling a heating element to heat a cooking plate until a temperature of a food item reaches the target cooking temperature.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a first assembly comprising:
- a first housing;
- a first heating element disposed with the first housing;
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- a first cooking plate detachably mounted on the first housing;
- a second assembly comprising:
- a second housing pivotally coupled to the first housing;
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- a second heating element disposed with the second housing;
- a control circuit configured to communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network and operable to:
- receive cooking configuration data from the user computing device, the cooking configuration data including a target cooking temperature;
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- control at least one of the first and second heating elements to heat the first cooking plate until a temperature of a food item reaches the target cooking temperature.
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