Cooking appliance and method for determining temperature of a cookware item

A cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising:

• at least one heating element configured for selectively supplying heat to a cookware item placed on a cooking surface;
• a temperature sensor configured to selectively monitor a temperature of the cooking surface;
• and
• a controller operably connected with the at least one heating element and the temperature sensor, the controller configured for performing operations, the operation comprising:
• obtaining a temperature setpoint,
• initiating a hot cookware detection operation across a detection period in response to obtaining the temperature setpoint,
• obtaining, at the temperature sensor, a first temperature value corresponding to the cooking surface at a start of the detection period,
• obtaining, at the temperature sensor, a second temperature value corresponding to the cooking surface at an end of the detection period,
• determining, based on the first temperature value and the second temperature value, a temperature change at the cooking surface, and
• determining, based on at least one of the temperature change, the first temperature value, and the second temperature value, a cookware temperature value, the cookware temperature value corresponding to a temperature of a cookware item at the cooking surface.