Turntable speed profiling during cooking appliance meal cook cycle
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorMark Heimerdinger
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Abstract
A method of operating a cooking appliance includes receiving, by a controller of the cooking appliance, an input indicating that the cooking appliance is to operate in a meal cook cycle. The method also includes activating at least one heater module of a plurality of heater modules during the meal cook cycle. The method also includes activating a motor to rotate a turntable through a complete revolution within the cooking cavity. The turntable is rotated at a first speed during a first portion of the complete revolution and at a second speed different from the first speed during a second portion of the complete revolution.
Claims20
A method of operating a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising a casing defining a cooking cavity, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller of the cooking appliance, an input indicating that the cooking appliance is to operate in a meal cook cycle;
- activating at least one heater module of a plurality of heater modules during the meal cook cycle, the plurality of heater modules comprising:
- a microwave module for delivering microwave energy into the cooking cavity,
- an upper heater module having one or more heating elements,
- a lower heater module having one or more heating elements, and
- a convection module having one or more heating elements and a convection fan operable to move air across the one or more heating elements of the convection module and into the cooking cavity;
- and
- activating a motor to rotate a turntable through a complete revolution within the cooking cavity, wherein the turntable is rotated at a first speed during a first portion of the complete revolution and at a second speed different from the first speed during a second portion of the complete revolution.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a casing defining a cooking cavity;
- a microwave module for delivering microwave energy into the cooking cavity;
- an upper heater module having one or more heating elements;
- a lower heater module having one or more heating elements;
- a convection module having one or more heating elements and a convection fan operable to move air across the one or more heating elements of the convection module and into the cooking cavity;
- a turntable rotatably mounted in the cooking cavity;
- a motor operatively coupled to the turntable to rotate the turntable within the cooking cavity;
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- a controller communicatively coupled with the microwave module, the upper heater module, the lower heater module, the convection module, and the motor for selective control thereof, the controller configured to:
- receive an input indicating that the cooking appliance is to operate in a meal cook cycle;
- activate at least one of the microwave module, the upper heater module, the lower heater module, and the convection module of the cooking appliance during the meal cook cycle;
- and
- activate the motor to rotate the turntable through a complete revolution within the cooking cavity, wherein the turntable is rotated at a first speed during a first portion of the complete revolution and at a second speed different from the first speed during a second portion of the complete revolution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.