Dual cooking appliance
AssigneeTeam International Group of America Inc.
InventorUri Murad
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Abstract
A cooking appliance is adapted to perform either as a single large fan-forced convection oven capable of cooking a larger food, or as smaller independently-operable fan-forced convection ovens each capable of cooking smaller foods. Features of the cooking element arrangement provide faster, more efficient, and higher quality results regardless of the size and amount of food being cooked.
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A cooking appliance adapted to perform either as a single primary fan-forced convection oven of a first volume capable of cooking foods of a first size, or as two secondary independently-operable fan-forced convection ovens of volumes smaller than the first volume, each only capable of cooking foods of sizes smaller than the first size, and comprising:
- a housing defining a primary cooking cavity including two independently-operable cooking elements, one or more access doors, and one user-installable and removable separation panel;
- two independently-operable sub-controllers, each associated with one of the independently-operable cooking elements;
- and
- a primary controller associated with both of the independently-operable cooking elements;
- wherein
- the separation panel, when user-installed, is adapted to divide the primary cooking cavity into two separate secondary cooking cavities, each secondary cooking cavity including one of the independently-operable cooking elements and each secondary cooking cavity being accessible through one of the one or more access doors;
- wherein
- the independently-operable cooking elements include a top air heating element disposed within an upper portion of its associated secondary cooking cavity and adapted to heat air within either the primary cooking cavity or its associated one of the secondary cooking cavities, and a fan adapted to turbulize the heated air within the primary cooking cavity or that associated one of the secondary cooking cavities;
- and
- wherein power consumption of the primary cooking element is limited to a maximum wattage, and total power consumption of both independently-operable cooking elements is limited to the maximum wattage.
The cooking appliance of claim 9 wherein the functions of the singular primary cooking element include one or more of temperature, heating wattage, cooking time, and fan speed.
The cooking appliance of claim 10 wherein the sub-controllers are adapted to limit individual wattage consumption by the independently-operable cooking elements when enabled, and the primary controller is adapted to limit wattage consumption by the primary cooking element when enabled, such that a total wattage consumption does not exceed the maximum wattage consumption.
A cooking appliance adapted to perform either as a primary fan-forced convection oven of a first volume, capable of cooking foods, or as a plurality of secondary independently-operable fan-forced convection ovens of volumes smaller than the first volume, each only capable of cooking foods of sizes smaller than the first size, and comprising:
- a housing defining the primary cooking cavity including a plurality of independently-operable cooking elements being equal in number to the plurality of secondary independently-operable fan-forced convection ovens, one or more access doors, and a plurality of user-installable and removable separation panels, being one less in number than the plurality of independently-operable fan-forced convection ovens;
- a plurality of independently-operable sub-controllers being equal in number to the plurality of secondary independently-operable fan-forced convection ovens, each associated with one of the plurality of independently-operable cooking elements;
- and
- a primary controller associated with all of the plurality of independently-operable cooking elements;
- wherein
- each of the plurality of separation panels, when user-installed, is adapted to divide the primary cooking cavity into separate secondary cooking cavities, each secondary cooking cavity including one or more of the independently-operable cooking elements and each secondary cooking cavity being accessible through one of the one or more access doors;
- wherein
- each of the independently-operable cooking elements includes a top air heating element disposed within an upper portion of its associated secondary cooking cavity and adapted to heat air within either the primary cooking cavity or its associated one of the secondary cooking cavities, and a fan adapted to turbulize the heated air within the primary cooking cavity or that associated one of the secondary cooking cavities.
- the independently-operable cooking elements include a top air heating element disposed within an upper portion of its associated secondary cooking cavity and adapted to heat air within either the primary cooking cavity or its associated one of the secondary cooking cavities, and a fan adapted to turbulize the heated air within the primary cooking cavity or that associated one of the secondary cooking cavities;
- and
- wherein power consumption of the primary cooking element is limited to a maximum wattage, and total power consumption of both independently-operable cooking elements is limited to the maximum wattage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.