Food preparation apparatus and methods
AssigneeDuke Manufacturing Co.
InventorsRobert J. Reese, Philip Gregory Geerling, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Gregory Glen Stettes, Thomas E. Kieffer, Kim Charles Fietsam
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Abstract
Food preparation apparatus and associated methods. In one method, dough is proofed in an oven compartment and then baked in the same oven compartment. Temperature and/or humidity can be controlled during proofing and/or baking cycles. A blower may be used, for example, to exhaust gas to ambient to reduce heat and/or moisture in the compartment. For example, the blower may be used between proofing and baking cycles to prepare an environment in the oven compartment for the baking cycle.
Claims20
1-14. (canceled)
A food preparation apparatus comprising:
- a food preparation chamber,
- at least one controller,
- multiple food preparation environment control devices responsive to the at least one controller to adjust a food preparation environment in the food preparation chamber, and
- a user interface permitting a user to program a food preparation recipe to be executed by the food preparation apparatus such that the controller controls the food preparation environment control devices according to the recipe, the user interface including:
- a user input for programming the recipe, the user input being configured for receiving at least one parameter for controlling at least one of the food preparation environment control devices, the at least one parameter defining an operational state of the at least one food preparation environment control device, and
- a graphical display operatively connected to the user input and configured to, before execution of the programmed recipe, display as a graph representations of operational states of the multiple food preparation environment control devices with respect to time according to the programmed recipe.
A method of programming a food preparation apparatus to execute a food preparation recipe, the food preparation apparatus having multiple food preparation environment control devices, the method including
- providing a user interface for programming the recipe,
- receiving via the user interface at least one parameter for controlling at least one of the food preparation environment control devices, the at least one parameter defining an operational state of the at least one food preparation environment control device, and
- displaying a graph on the user interface including representations of operational states of the multiple food preparation environment control devices with respect to time according to the recipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.