Wirelessly operable cooking appliance
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1. A cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing;
an electric heating element disposed within the housing;
a cooking plate mounted on the housing for cooking a food item thereon and configured to be heated by the electric heating element;
a temperature sensor coupled to the cooking plate and configured to monitor a temperature of the cooking plate;
a temperature probe assembly including a temperature probe element, the temperature probe element configured to be inserted into the food item to measure an internal temperature of the food item; and
a control device configured to communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network, receive a cooking configuration from the user computing device via the wireless network, the cooking configuration including at least a target cooking plate temperature setting and a target probe temperature setting, and control the heating element based upon the cooking configuration to heat the cooking plate to the target cooking plate temperature setting such that the internal temperature of the food item reaches the target probe temperature setting.
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Abstract
A wirelessly operable cooking appliance for cooking food products includes a wireless communication device. A computing device, such as a smartphone, can wirelessly communicate with the cooking appliance to control and monitor the cooking appliance.
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16 Claims
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1. A cooking appliance comprising:
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a housing; an electric heating element disposed within the housing; a cooking plate mounted on the housing for cooking a food item thereon and configured to be heated by the electric heating element; a temperature sensor coupled to the cooking plate and configured to monitor a temperature of the cooking plate; a temperature probe assembly including a temperature probe element, the temperature probe element configured to be inserted into the food item to measure an internal temperature of the food item; and a control device configured to communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network, receive a cooking configuration from the user computing device via the wireless network, the cooking configuration including at least a target cooking plate temperature setting and a target probe temperature setting, and control the heating element based upon the cooking configuration to heat the cooking plate to the target cooking plate temperature setting such that the internal temperature of the food item reaches the target probe temperature setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 16)
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5. A method of controlling a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance including an electric heating element and a cooking plate, the cooking plate being arranged and configured to be heated by the electric heating element and being configured for cooking a food item thereon, the method comprising:
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receiving cooking configuration data from a user computing device via a wireless network, the cooking configuration data including at least a target cooking plate temperature setting and a target probe temperature setting; monitoring a temperature of the cooking plate using a temperature sensor coupled to the cooking plate; monitoring an internal temperature of the food item while the food item is on the cooking plate using a temperature probe assembly, the temperature probe assembly having a temperature probe element inserted into the food item; and controlling the heating element based on the cooking configuration data to heat the cooking plate to the target cooking plate temperature setting such that the internal temperature of the food item reaches the target probe temperature setting. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cooking appliance comprising:
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a first assembly comprising; a first housing; a first electric heating element disposed with the first housing; a first cooking plate detachably mounted on the first housing, the first cooking plate for cooking a food item thereon and configured to be heated by the electric heating element; and a first temperature sensor coupled to the first cooking plate and configured to monitor a temperature of the first cooking plate; a second assembly comprising; a second housing pivotally coupled to the first housing; and a second heating element disposed with the second housing; a temperature probe assembly including a temperature probe element, the temperature probe element configured to be inserted into the food item to measure an internal temperature of the food item; a control circuit configured to communicate with a user computing device via a wireless network and operable to; receive cooking configuration data from the user computing device, the cooking configuration data including at least a target cooking plate temperature setting and a target probe temperature setting; and control at least one of the first and second heating elements based on the cooking configuration data to heat the first cooking plate to reach the target cooking plate temperature until the internal temperature of the food item reaches the target probe temperature setting. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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