Electronic control system for cooking system

A control system for use with a cooking system wherein said cooking system comprises a cooking vessel for holding a cooking medium and for receiving a plurality of food products, a heating element for heating the cooking medium, and a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of said cooking medium;

• said control system comprising:
• a processor for receiving, storing, and selectively retrieving cooking parameters, including a cooking temperature, at a plurality of separately accessible control levels and for comparing at least the cooking temperature and the temperature of said cooking medium;
• a control pad for entering said parameters to said processor, comprising a plurality of function switches and a means for displaying a list of food products for which said parameters have been entered, wherein each of said control levels is separately accessible by depressing a predetermined pair of said switches;
• and
• means responsive to said control pad and said processor for displaying cooking system information on said control pad and for controlling said at least one heating element.

A control system for use with a cooking system wherein said cooking system comprises a cooking vessel for holding a cooking medium and for receiving a plurality of food products, a heating element for heating the cooking medium, and a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of said cooking medium;

• said control system comprising:
• a microprocessor for receiving, storing, and selectively retrieving cooking parameters, including a cooking temperature, at three separately accessible control levels and for comparing at least the cooking temperature and the temperature of said cooking medium;
• a control pad for entering said parameters comprising a plurality of function switches and a means for displaying a list of food products for which said parameters may be entered, wherein each of said control levels is separately accessible by depressing a predetermined pair of said switches and wherein when a predetermined function switch is depressed for greater than a predetermined period, said control system is reset and when said predetermined function switch is depressed for less than said predetermined period, cooking system information is retrieved from said processor and displayed on said control pad;
• and
• means responsive to said control pad and said processor for generating alarms and displaying cooking system information on said control pad and for controlling said at least one heating element.