Cooking appliance and method for preheating for cooking operations
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorOmar Santana
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Abstract
A method is for determining a cooking zone of an appliance is preheated. The method includes determining a cooking zone temperature setpoint based on user input. The method includes directing power to at least one heating element of the appliance based on the cooking zone temperature setpoint and detecting a sensor temperature. The method includes calculating an estimated cooking zone temperature based on the sensor temperature value. In response to the cooking zone temperature being at least equal to the cooking zone temperature setpoint, the method includes the step of indicating that the cooking zone of the appliance is preheated.
Claims20
A method of determining a cooking zone of an appliance is preheated, the method comprising:
- determining a cooking zone temperature setpoint based on user input;
- directing power to at least one heating element of the appliance based on the cooking zone temperature setpoint;
- detecting a sensor temperature;
- calculating an estimated cooking zone temperature based on the sensor temperature;
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- based on the sensor temperature, indicating that the cooking zone of the appliance is preheated.
A system for determining a cooking zone of an appliance is preheated, the system comprising:
- a cooking surface having a cooking zone;
- a heating element configured to heat the cooking surface;
- a temperature sensor located away from the cooking zone, the temperature sensor is configured to sense a temperature of the cooking surface;
- a controller communicatively coupled with the heating element and the temperature sensor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- determine a cooking zone temperature setpoint;
- determine a threshold sensor temperature indicative of a preheating of the cooking zone being complete based on the cooking zone temperature setpoint;
- direct power to the heating element based on the cooking zone temperature setpoint;
- determine a sensor temperature;
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- calculate an estimated cooking zone temperature based on the sensor temperature;
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- based on the sensor temperature, direct an indicia to indicate that the cooking zone of the appliance is preheated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.