Cooking appliance
US12302910B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24C15/327
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cooking appliance (100) is disclosed comprising a cooking chamber (170), a heating stage (150) for heating a food product within the cooking chamber and a humidity adjustment stage (160) for adjusting the humidity within the cooking chamber. The cooking appliance further comprises a user interface (110) configured to allow a user to specify a texture of said food product and a degree of browning of said food product; and a controller (120) responsive to the user interface and configured to control the heating stage and the humidity adjustment stage in accordance with an algorithm having the user-specified texture of said food product and the user-specified degree of browning of said food product as parameters.
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