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US 2022/0065459 A1Published application
Cooking appliance
AssigneeTeam International Group of America Inc.
InventorUri Murad
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Abstract
A cooking appliance is disclosed that includes a cooking cavity, a first heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity, a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity, a temperature sensor adapted to sense the temperature of air within the cooking cavity, a blower arranged to agitate the air within the cooking cavity, a cookware device removably disposed above and in thermal communication with the second heating element, and a controller adapted to manually receiving cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information and to independently and selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto.
Claims60
A cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed above the second heating element and in thermal communication therewith such that heating of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the first temperature sensor and to selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto;
- wherein
- the cookware device has a first foot-print with a first area and the second heating element has a second foot-print with a second area at least 40 percent of the first area.
7 more elements
The cooking appliance of claim 7 wherein the first temperature sensor is adapted to sense a temperature of the air within an upper portion of the cooking cavity, and further comprising a second temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within a lower portion of the cooking cavity;
- and wherein the controller is adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from the user and sensed temperature information from the first and second temperature sensors and to independently and selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto.
A cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a first temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within an upper portion of the cooking cavity;
- a second temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within a lower portion of the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed above the second heating element and in thermal communication therewith such that heating of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the first and second temperature sensors and to selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto.
6 more elements
A cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a first temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within an upper portion of the cooking cavity;
- a second temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within a lower portion of the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed above the second heating element and in thermal communication therewith, with a gap therebetween, such that radiant-cooking of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the first and second temperature sensors and to selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto.
6 more elements
A cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a first temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within an upper portion of the cooking cavity;
- a second temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within a lower portion of the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed atop the second heating element and in physical contact and thermal communication therewith such that contact-heating of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the first and second temperature sensors;
- and to independently and selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto.
7 more elements
A cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a temperature sensor disposed adapted to sense a temperature of air within the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed atop the second heating element and in physical contact and thermal communication therewith such that contact-cooking of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the temperature sensor;
- and to independently and selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto;
- wherein the cookware device has a first foot-print with a first area and the second heating element has a second foot-print with a second area at least 40 percent of the area of the first area.
7 more elements
An electrical countertop cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a door arrangement for selectively accessing the cooking compartment;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed above the second heating element and in thermal communication therewith such that cooking of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the temperature sensor;
- wherein
- the controller connected to the heating elements and comprising a timer and adapted to independently and selectively control, in cooperation with the timer and according to the cooking parameters and the sensed temperature information one or more from the group including;
- one or both of the blower's on/off state and the blower's speed;
- one or both of the first heating element's on/off state and the blower's speed;
- and
- one or both of the second heating element's on/off state and the blower's speed.
12 more elements
A cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a door arrangement for selectively accessing the cooking compartment;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a first temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of the air within an upper portion of the cooking cavity;
- a second temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within a lower portion of the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed above the second heating element and in thermal communication therewith such that cooking of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby, and the second temperature sensor, such that contact temperature sensing of food on the cookware device is enabled thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the first and second temperature sensors;
- and to independently and selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto.
8 more elements
An electrical countertop cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a door arrangement for selectively accessing the cooking compartment;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a first temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within an upper portion of the cooking cavity;
- a second temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within a lower portion of the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed above the second heating element and in thermal communication therewith such that cooking of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby, and the second temperature sensor, such that contact temperature sensing of food on the cookware device is enabled thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the first and second temperature sensors;
- wherein
- the controller connected to the heating elements and comprising a timer and adapted to independently and selectively control, in cooperation with the timer and according to the cooking parameters and the sensed temperature information one or more from the group including;
- one or both of the blower's on/off state and the blower's speed;
- one or both of the first heating element's on/off state and the blower's speed;
- and
- one or both of the second heating element's on/off state and the blower's speed.
13 more elements
A cooking appliance comprising;
- a housing defining a cooking cavity;
- a door arrangement for selectively accessing the cooking compartment;
- a first air heating element disposed adjacent a top of the cooking cavity;
- a second heating element disposed adjacent a bottom of the cooking cavity;
- a first temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within an upper portion of the cooking cavity;
- a second temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of air within a lower portion of the cooking cavity;
- a blower arranged to agitate air within the cooking cavity;
- a cookware device removably disposed above the second heating element and in thermal communication therewith such that cooking of food on the cookware device is selectively provided thereby, and the second temperature sensor, such that contact temperature sensing of food on the cookware device is enabled thereby;
- and
- a controller adapted to manually receive cooking parameters from a user and sensed temperature information from the first and second temperature sensors;
- and to independently and selectively control the heating elements and the blower according thereto;
- wherein the door arrangement comprises left and right outwardly-opening doors.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.