Cooking appliance having a cooling fan delay for an integrated gas burner

A cooking appliance having a lateral, vertical, and transverse direction, the cooking appliance comprising:

• a burner box;
• an integrated gas burner in fluid communication with the burner box;
• a cooling fan in fluid communication with the burner box and the integrated gas burner;
• and
• a controller, the controller in operative communication with the integrated gas burner and the cooling fan, the controller configured to initiate a cooking operation comprising
• receiving a user activation request for the integrated gas burner,
• prompting activation of the integrated gas burner in response to receiving the user activation request,
• directing, in response to prompting activation of the integrated gas burner, limited-speed operation of the cooling fan over a predetermined time period, and
• directing, in response to expiration of the predetermined time period, increased-speed operation of the cooling fan.