Methods and apparatus for high-heat cooking
OwnerDevin Hooie, Michael D. Padgett +2inventors
InventorsDevin Hooie, Michael D. Padgett, Andre Garcia, Tyler Adcock
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Abstract
A rack assembly is mountable within an oven cavity of a cooking appliance. The rack assembly includes a cooking stone; an insulating mat defining a recess configured to accommodate the cooking stone; and a rack configured to support the insulating mat. A superficial area of the insulating mat is at least 70% of a superficial area of the rack.
Claims20
A rack assembly that is mountable within an oven cavity of a cooking appliance, the rack assembly comprising:
- a cooking stone;
- an insulating mat defining a recess configured to accommodate the cooking stone;
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- a rack configured to support the insulating mat,
- wherein a superficial area of the insulating mat is at least 70% of a superficial area of the rack.
A cooking operation for a cooking appliance that includes a oven cavity, a broil element adjacent to an upper wall of the oven cavity, a rack within the oven cavity, and a cooking stone supported by the rack, the cooking operation comprising:
- a preheat stage during which the broil element is operated according to a preheat-power scheme in order to heat the cooking stone and air within the oven cavity;
- a reduced-power stage during which the broil element is operated according to a reduced-power scheme in order to reduce a heat output of the broil element while the cooking stone emits residual heat, wherein the reduced-power scheme operates the broil element at less power than the preheat-power scheme;
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- an increased-power stage during which the broil element is operated according to an increased-power scheme, wherein the increased-power scheme operates the broil element at greater power than the reduced-power scheme.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.