Cooking appliance and method of cooking a food item

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8766144
APP PUB NO 20100006558A1
SERIAL NO

12500158

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According to another aspect, the subject application involves an oven and a method of controlling an oven for cooking a food item. The oven includes a cooking cavity, a user interface comprising an input device to be actuated with a single actuation event by a cook to select a predetermined cooking mode for cooking the food item, a heating element operable to produce heat required to cook the food item within the cooking cavity, and a control unit. The method includes receiving a cooking signal in response to actuation of the input device with the single actuation event by the cook, and establishing a cooking parameter for the predetermined cooking mode based on the cooking signal. The cooking parameter can be specific to the food item to be cooked according to the predetermined cooking mode of the oven. The method also includes initiating the predetermined cooking mode associated with the input device, and detecting that cooking of the food item according to the predetermined cooking mode is complete.

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ELECTROLUX CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC10200 DAVID TAYLOR DRIVE CHARLOTTE NC 28262

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McLoughlin, Keith Augusta, US 1 172
Sterling, Margaret Mary Madison, US 2 178

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