Patent ID: 11873997
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 8:
9. A method of operating an oven appliance comprising a plurality of chamber walls mounted within a cabinet and defining an oven chamber, a cooking surface defined in the oven chamber between a bottom wall and a top wall of the plurality of chamber walls, a bottom heating element mounted above the bottom wall to heat the cooking surface, and a top heating element mounted above the cooking surface to heat the oven chamber, the method comprising:
initiating preheat activation of the bottom heating element;
initiating preheat activation of the top heating element during preheat activation of the bottom heating element;
receiving one or more temperature signals from a first temperature sensor at the cooking surface and a second temperature sensor mounted above the first temperature sensor, receiving occurring during the preheat activation of the bottom heating element and the preheat activation of the top heating element;
determining a preheat threshold is met based on the received one or more temperature signals; and
directing the bottom heating element and the top heating element according to a cooking cycle subsequent to determining the preheat threshold is met, wherein directing the bottom heating element and the top heating element according to the cooking cycle comprises
initiating cooking activation of the bottom heating element,
initiating high-output activation of the top heating element,
determining a restriction condition subsequent to initiating high-output activation of the top heating element, wherein determining the restriction condition comprises determining expiration of a high-output period of at least two minutes, and
restricting heat output at the top heating element while maintaining activation of the bottom heating element in response to determining the restriction condition.