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Oven with high power radiant cooking elements and methods of developing, optimizing, storing, and retrieving recipes for the operation of the oven

  • US 5,877,477 A
  • Filed: 12/18/1996
  • Issued: 03/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An oven using infrared radiant energy for cooking food comprisingat least two infrared radiant energy elements each capable of operating at different intensity levels;

  • control means for setting the initial intensity level of each of said infrared radiant energy elements and changing the intensity level of said infrared radiant energy elements during cooking;

    clock means for setting the overall cooking time and measuring the time at each change in intensity level of said infrared radiant energy elements;

    memory for storing said initial intensity levels, as a first stage in a recipe, said overall cooking time, said time at each change in intensity level and said changed intensity level as another stage in a recipe; and

    optimizing device for determining that the number of stages exceed a predetermined limit and eliminating the number of stages above the limit based on the stored time of the stages.

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