Process for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven and cooking oven adapted to carry out such process
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsEttore Arione, Alessandro Boer, Paolo Crosta, Francesco Del Bello, Davide Parachini, Gianpiero Santacatterina
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Abstract
A method for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven having a door, heaters and an oven temperature acquisition system, comprising the steps of measuring the total electrical power (Pin) absorbed by the oven, measuring the oven temperature, and assessing the actual power (Pload) transferred to the food item by automatically compensating disturbance factors. A cooking oven is also disclosed.
Claims17
A method for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven having a door, heaters and an oven temperature acquisition system, comprising the steps of:
- measuring the total electrical power (Pin) absorbed by the oven;
- measuring the oven temperature;
- and
- assessing the actual power (Pload) transferred to the food item by automatically compensating disturbance factors.
A cooking oven comprising:
- heaters;
- an oven temperature acquisition system;
- a control unit for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item;
- and
- a sensor for detecting the total electrical power (Pin) absorbed by the oven, wherein the control unit is adapted, on the basis of such total electrical power (Pin) and of a measure of initial temperature of the oven, to assess the actual power (Pload) transferred to the food item by automatically compensating disturbance factors.
In a cooking appliance including a door for accessing an oven and heaters for heating the oven, a method for cooking a food item placed in the oven comprising:
- measuring an initial temperature within the oven;
- measuring a total amount of electrical power absorbed by the oven and the food item;
- measuring an ambient temperature about the oven;
- and
- calculating an amount of actual power transferred to the food item within the oven based on the initial temperature, the total amount of electrical power absorbed by the oven and the food item, and the ambient temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.