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US 7,461,588 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for operating a speedcooking oven
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorJesse Spalding Head
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Abstract
A method of operating a cooking appliance including an input interface panel and a processor includes: inputting a first cooking time and a first cooking power level; manually changing the first cooking time such that the first cooking time is either extended or shortened; and automatically determining the actual cooking time using the processor.
Claims17
A method of operating a cooking appliance including an input interface panel and a processor, said method comprising:
- inputting a first cooking time and a first cooking power level;
- manually changing the first cooking time such that the first cooking time is at least one of extended and shortened;
- automatically determining an actual cooking time using the processor;
- prompting an operator to save the actual cooking time;
- and
- saving the actual cooking time in a database that is electrically coupled to the cooking appliance.
3 more elements
A computer for operating a cooking appliance, said computer programmed to:
- receive a first cooking time input and a first cooking power level input;
- receive a second cooking time input that is based on an operator manually changing the first cooking time such that the first cooking time is at least one of extended and shortened;
- automatically determine an actual cooking time using the computer;
- and
- prompt an operator to save the actual cooking time in a database that is electrically coupled to the cooking appliance based on operator input.
2 more elements
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- at least one cooking element;
- and
- a computer electrically coupled to said at least one cooking element, said computer programmed to:
- receive a first cooking time input and a first cooking power level input;
- receive a second cooking time input that is based on an operator manually changing the first cooking time such that the first cooking time is either extended or shortened;
- and
- automatically determine an actual cooking time using said computer;
- wherein said computer is programmed to prompt an operator to save the determined actual cooking time, and save the actual cooking time in a favorite recipes database that is electrically coupled to said cooking appliance based on the operator input.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.