Cooking platform and related method
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1. A cooking platform comprising:
- a first oven comprising a first electric cooking element and a gas cooking element;
a second oven comprising a second electric cooking element; and
a power management system configured to distribute power such that when the second electric cooking element is energized the first electric cooking element is de-energized,the power management system configured to operate each of the first and second electric cooking elements independently up to a maximum power consumption limit of the cooking platform,wherein the cooking platform has a first mode of operation in which the first electric cooking element is available to be energized when the second electric cooking element is de-energized, andwherein the cooking platform has a second mode of operation in which the second electric cooking element is available to be energized and the gas cooking element is available to be operated when the first electric cooking element is de-energized.
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Abstract
A household range includes a first oven having a first electric cooking element, and a second oven includes a second electric cooking element. A power management system is used to distribute power such that when the second electric cooking element is energized the first electric cooking element is de-energized.
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9 Claims
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1. A cooking platform comprising:
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a first oven comprising a first electric cooking element and a gas cooking element; a second oven comprising a second electric cooking element; and a power management system configured to distribute power such that when the second electric cooking element is energized the first electric cooking element is de-energized, the power management system configured to operate each of the first and second electric cooking elements independently up to a maximum power consumption limit of the cooking platform, wherein the cooking platform has a first mode of operation in which the first electric cooking element is available to be energized when the second electric cooking element is de-energized, and wherein the cooking platform has a second mode of operation in which the second electric cooking element is available to be energized and the gas cooking element is available to be operated when the first electric cooking element is de-energized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of distributing power between a first electric cooking element in a first oven of a cooking platform and a second electric cooking element in a second oven of the cooking platform, wherein the first oven further comprises a gas cooking element and the first electric cooking element comprises a convection heating element, the method comprising:
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energizing the first electric cooking element up to a maximum power consumption limit of the cooking platform; and de-energizing the first electric cooking element when the second electric cooking element is energized; wherein the first and second electric cooking elements are independently operable to a maximum power consumption limit of the cooking platform; and wherein when the first electric cooking elements is de-energized, said gas cooking element in the first oven is operated. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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