Oven appliance and a method for operating an oven appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEric Scott Johnson, Stephen Christopher Boedicker
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Abstract
An oven appliance with one or more features for minimizing the time to preheat the cooking chamber and balancing the heat distribution within the cooking chamber of the oven appliance is provided. Features for minimizing the acoustic noise of the oven appliance are also provided. Further, a method for operating an oven appliance to minimize the preheat time and balance the heat distribution within the cooking chamber of the oven appliance while minimizing acoustic noise is provided.
Claims19
A method for operating an oven appliance, the oven appliance including a cooking chamber for receipt of food items for cooking, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a cook mode of the oven appliance;
- measuring a temperature Tinitial;
- initiating a preheat cycle of the oven appliance;
- counting a time tpre;
- determining whether time tpre has reached a threshold time tthr and, if so, then measuring a temperature Tthr;
- determining whether the cooking chamber of the oven appliance is heavily loaded and, if so, then
- increasing convection airflow within the cooking chamber.
A method for operating an oven appliance, the oven appliance including a cooking chamber for receipt of food items for cooking, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a cook mode of the oven appliance;
- measuring a temperature Tinitial;
- initiating a preheat cycle of the oven appliance;
- counting a time tpre;
- measuring a temperature Tpre;
- determining whether the difference between temperature Tpre and temperature Tinitial is at least a value Tbase and, if so, then
- recording a time tthr;
- determining whether the cooking chamber of the oven appliance is heavily loaded and, if so, then
- increasing convection airflow within the cooking chamber.
An oven appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet, the cabinet defining a cooking chamber configured for receipt of food items for cooking;
- a heating element configured to heat the cooking chamber;
- a fan;
- and
- a controller in operative communication with the heating element and the fan, the controller configured for
- establishing a cook mode of the oven appliance;
- measuring a temperature Tinitial;
- initiating a preheat cycle of the oven appliance;
- counting a time tpre;
- determining whether time tpre has reached a threshold time tthr and, if so, then
- measuring a temperature Tthr;
- determining whether the cooking chamber of the oven appliance is heavily loaded and, if so, then
- increasing convection airflow within the cooking chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.