Cooktop appliance and method of detecting a smart cookware item on a cooktop appliance

Abstract

A cooktop appliance includes a cooking surface, the cooking surface including a plurality of induction elements; a control panel operably coupled to the cooking surface, the control panel including a plurality of controls for operating the plurality of induction elements; and a controller operably coupled to the cooking surface and the control panel, the controller configured to perform an operation. The operation includes initiating a first induction element of the plurality of induction elements; receiving a remote signal from a first cookware item in response to initiating the first induction element; and pairing the first cookware item with the first induction element after receiving the remote signal from the first cookware item, wherein the first cookware item is subsequently activated for communication with the cooktop appliance.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.