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Programmable cooking appliance

  • US 9,057,526 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2004
  • Issued: 06/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cooking appliance comprising:

  • an oven cavity;

    at least one heating element positioned to direct heat into the oven cavity;

    a door mounted for movement relative to the oven cavity for selectively closing the oven cavity;

    a control panel including a plurality of input members for programming at least time and temperature parameters for a cooking operation in the oven cavity, a mode selector input member, and means for selecting the cooking operation to be performed in the oven cavity from various distinct cooking operations including convection, bake and broil cooking options; and

    means for controlling said at least one heating element in;

    a default mode, entered without using the mode selector input member, wherein the controlling means requires both time and temperature parameters to be input through the control panel in order to initiate the cooking operation; and

    a bypass mode, entered via the mode selector input member, wherein the controlling means requires only a temperature parameter to be input through the control panel in order to initiate the cooking operation,wherein, in both the default and bypass modes, the controlling means only initiates the cooking operation after a cooking operation selection is made through the selecting means.

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