Cooking appliance comprising a smoke elimination feature, and method for operating such an appliance
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsElizabeth Ann BYRNE, Julia VESELY, Jean ELIAS
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Abstract
A system and method for air frying food which removes or mitigates ‘smoke’ in an oven cavity (12) due to cooking. Fans (24, 58, 68) and catalysts of a cooking appliance (10) are operated for an entirety of a cooking time, while heating elements (16, 18, 20, 52, 54, 56) are not operated during a final portion of the cooking time. For example, the heating elements (16, 18, 20, 52, 54, 56) are not operated for a final five minutes, or 25%, of the cooking time.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooking cavity;
- a heating element;
- a fan configured to circulate air within the cooking cavity;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- operate the heating element to regulate a cooking temperature within the cooking cavity during an operative cooking time of a total cooking time, the total cooking time comprising the operative cooking time and thereafter a smoke-elimination time,
- operate the fan during the smoke-elimination time, and
- stop operation of all heating elements of the cooking appliance at a conclusion of the operative cooking time such that none of the heating elements of the cooking appliance are operated during the entire smoke-elimination time.
A cooking method for a cooking appliance comprising a cooking cavity, a heating element, and a fan configured to circulate air within the cooking cavity, the method comprising:
- operating the heating element to regulate a cooking temperature within the cooking cavity during an operative cooking time of a total cooking time, the total cooking time comprising the operative cooking time and thereafter a smoke-elimination time;
- operating the fan during the smoke-elimination time, and
- stopping operation of all heating elements of the cooking appliance at a conclusion of the operative cooking time such that none of the heating elements of the cooking appliance are operated during the entire smoke-elimination time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.