Menu driven control system for a cooking appliance

US6486453B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Maytag Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael E. Bales · Greenfield, US
• John Scott Brown · Covington, US
• Virginia L. Harwell · Anniston, US
• Anthony E. Kendall · Ooltewah, US
• Susan K. Fisher · Ankeny, US
• Pamela S. Kleese · Des Moines, US
• Jill L. Means · Grundy Center, US
• Judith Barber · Trent Woods, US
• Philip R. McKee · Frisco, US
• James K. Pool, III · Richardson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2002
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05B6/6473
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A cooking appliance includes a controller which calculates a desired percentage of hot air convection and microwave energy needed to perform a cooking operation based on selections made by a user through a menu driven display. The display prompts a user for a programming inputs, while also displaying operational information to the user as needed. The programming options enable the user to select between various different cooking operations and also provides for appealing cooking sequences to be stored as cooking recipes. As needed, certain pre-cooking functions are automatically performed, such as heating or cooling of the oven cavity, as needed.