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METHOD AND COOKING APPLIANCE FOR REGULATING A COOKING PROCESS IN A COOKING CHAMBER

  • US 20090274805A1
  • Filed: 07/14/2009
  • Published: 11/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of regulating a cooking process for a foodstuff in a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance with a heating element and a sensor, said method having the following steps:

  • a) input of a foodstuff indicator to be cooked by an operator into a controller of said cooking appliance;

    b) detection by said sensor of a concentration over time of a gas or of moisture escaping from said foodstuff in said cooking chamber after said foodstuff has been introduced;

    c) determination of a gradient of a profile of said detected concentration over the course of time;

    d) reading out of a trigger value linked to said foodstuff to be cooked for said profile from a memory of said controller;

    e) determination of the time at which said trigger value is reached or fallen below;

    f) determination of a run-on time linked to a time at which said trigger value is reached for said foodstuff from said memory at said time at which said trigger value is reached, a length of a run-on time being a function of said time at which said trigger value is reached;

    g) starting of said run-on time; and

    h) continuation of said cooking process as a run-on process until said run-on time has elapsed if said value remains below said trigger value.

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