Cooking appliance with accelerated pre-heating of oven cavity

A cooking appliance comprising:

• an oven liner at least partially defining an oven cavity;
• a first heating element positioned to increase temperature of air within the oven cavity;
• a second heating element, separate from the first heating element, positioned to increase the temperature of the air within the oven cavity;
• another cooking area outside of the oven cavity;
• a third heating element positioned to generate heat at the other cooking area;
• and
• a controller in communication with the first heating element, the second heating element, and the third heating element, the controller configured (i) to activate both the first heating element and the second heating element, such that first heating element and the second heating element generate heat simultaneously, during an accelerated preheating operation to preheat the air within the oven cavity and (ii) subsequently to deactivate one of the first heating element and the second heating element, while maintaining activation of the other of the first heating element and second heating element, after the third heating element is commanded to activate.