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US 2022/0287152 A1Published application
Wirelessly operable cooking appliance
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsNicole Ann Sorenson, Byron Seth Sawyer, Timothy Nott, Dominic DiMarco, David Everett, Jacob Daniel Smith, Karl W. Marschke
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Abstract
A wirelessly operable cooking appliance for cooking food products includes a wireless communication device. A computing device, such as a smartphone, can wirelessly communicate with the cooking appliance to control and monitor the cooking appliance.
Claims26
1-33. (canceled)
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a housing;
- an electric heating element disposed within the housing;
- at least one cooking plate mounted on the housing for cooking a food item, the at least one cooking plate comprising a food contact surface and a lower surface opposed to the food contact surface, and configured to be heated by the electric heating element;
- a sensing device configured to detect an operational characteristic of the cooking appliance, the operational characteristic comprising a cooking plate temperature of the at least one cooking plate;
- and
- a control device configured to:
- communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network;
- receive a cooking configuration from the user computing device via the wireless network, the cooking configuration including at least a target cooking plate temperature of the at least one cooking plate;
- and
- control the electric heating element to heat the at least one cooking plate to the target cooking plate temperature.
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A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a first electric heating element;
- a first cooking plate configured to contact a food item placed thereon and be heated by the first electric heating element;
- and
- a first temperature sensing device configured to detect a temperature of the first cooking plate;
- a second electric heating;
- a second temperature sensing device configured to detect a temperature of the second cooking plate;
- and
- a control device configured to:
- communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network;
- receive a cooking configuration data from the user computing device via the wireless network, the cooking configuration comprising a target plate temperature;
- control at least one of the first and second electric heating elements to heat at least one of the first and second cooking plates to the target cooking plate temperature.
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A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a bottom assembly comprising a bottom heating subassembly, the bottom heating subassembly comprising a bottom housing;
- a heating element disposed within the bottom housing of the bottom heating subassembly;
- a bottom cooking plate mounted on the bottom housing, wherein the bottom heating subassembly is configured to secure the bottom cooking plate thereon and to heat the bottom cooking plate;
- a temperature sensing device configured to detect and monitor a temperature of the bottom cooking plate;
- a top assembly;
- a hinge assembly, wherein the bottom and top assemblies are coupled by the hinge assembly;
- and
- a control device configured to:
- communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network;
- and
- receive a cooking configuration from the user computing device via the wireless network, and control the heating element to heat the bottom cooking plate based upon the cooking configuration.
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A toaster oven, comprising:
- a housing;
- an electric heating element disposed within the housing;
- a sensing device configured to detect an operational characteristic of the toaster oven, the operational characteristic comprising a temperature within the toaster oven;
- and
- a control device configured to:
- communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network;
- and
- receive a cooking configuration from the user computing device via the wireless network, the cooking configuration including at least a target temperature within the housing of the toaster oven;
- and
- control the electric heating element to heat the toaster oven to the target temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.