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Adaptive cooking control for an oven

  • US 10,057,946 B2
  • Filed: 10/17/2011
  • Issued: 08/21/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An oven comprising:

  • a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product;

    a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking the food product;

    a first heat source providing primary heating of the food product placed in the cooking chamber;

    a second heat source providing secondary heating for the food product; and

    a cooking controller operably coupled to the first and second heat sources to execute instructions associated with a cooking program directing application of energy to heat the food product via at least one of the first or second heat sources, the cooking controller including processing circuitry configured to;

    monitor energy added to heat the food product via the first heat source in accordance with the cooking program;

    receive an indication of an operator inserted change to a cooking parameter associated with the second heat source; and

    determine a modification to the cooking program by employing a modification algorithm based on the cooking parameter change, the modification algorithm including instructions for determining a change to the energy to be applied via the first heat source to achieve a selected level of doneness associated with the cooking program,wherein the selected level of doneness is associated with a corresponding target energy level for the food product, the change to the energy to be applied being determined based on a difference between an amount of energy provided by the first heat source up to a point in the cooking program at which the cooking parameter change was made, and energy remaining to achieve the corresponding target energy level based on the cooking parameter change associated with the second heat source.

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