Electric oven with multiple broil heaters and method for preheating the electric oven
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJae Kyung Yang, Hyeun Sik Nam, Dong Seong Kwag, Seong Ho Cho, Wan Soo Kim
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Abstract
A electric oven is provided that includes a body, a cooking chamber located within the body for receiving food, the cooking chamber having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a rear surface joining the upper surface to the lower surface, at least one of a convection heater located at the rear surface of the cooking chamber and a bake heater located at the lower surface of the cooking chamber, and at least two broil heaters located at the upper surface of the cooking chamber, each of the at least two broil heaters being individually operable. Methods for preheating the electric oven are also provided.
Claims8
An electric oven comprising:
- a body;
- a cooking chamber located within the body for receiving food, the cooking chamber having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a rear surface joining the upper surface to the lower surface;
- at least one of a convection heater located at the rear surface of the cooking chamber and a bake heater located at the lower surface of the cooking chamber;
- and
- at least two broil heaters located at the upper surface of the cooking chamber, each of the at least two broil heaters being individually operable,
- wherein the at least two broil heaters include:
- a first broil heater located in a first plane;
- and
- a second broil heater located in a second plane parallel to the first plane, the first broil heater being vertically stacked over the second broil heater.
A method for preheating an electric oven, the electric oven including a body, a cooking chamber located within the body for receiving food, the cooking chamber having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a rear surface joining the upper surface to the lower surface, at least one of a convection heater located at the rear surface of the cooking chamber and a bake heater located at the lower surface of the cooking chamber, and at least two broil heaters located at the upper surface of the cooking chamber, each of the at least two broil heaters being individually operable, the at least two broil heaters including:
- a first broil heater located in a first plane;
- and
- a second broil heater located in a second plane parallel to the first plane,
- the first broil heater being vertically stacked over the second broil heater,
- the method comprising:
- operating one broil heater of the at least two broil heaters;
- and
- operating one of the at least one convection heater and the bake heater.
A method for preheating an electric oven, the electric oven including a body, a cooking chamber for receiving food formed in the body, the cooking chamber having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a rear surface joining the upper surface to the lower surface, a convection heater located at the rear surface of the cooking chamber, a bake heater located at the lower surface of the cooking chamber, and at least two broil heaters located at the upper surface of the cooking chamber, each of the at least two broil heaters being individually operable, the at least two broil heaters including:
- a first broil heater located in a first plane;
- and
- a second broil heater located in a second plane parallel to the first plane,
- the first broil heater being vertically stacked over the second broil heater, the method comprising:
- operating one broil heater of the at least two broil heaters;
- operating one of the convection heater and the bake heater;
- turning off the one broil heater of the at least two broil heaters;
- and
- operating another broil heater of the at least two broil heaters, the another broil heater of the at least two broil heaters being different from the one of broil heater of the at least two broil heaters.
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