Patent ID: 11860240
Assignee: WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An electric grill, comprising:
a heating element connectable to a voltage line and a neutral line;
a user input device for selecting an operating mode of the heating element;
a temperature probe to measure a temperature of the heating element;
a memory;
machine-readable instructions stored in the electric grill; and
a microprocessor to execute the machine-readable instructions to cause the microprocessor to:
estimate an ambient temperature at a location within a cook box of the electric grill spaced apart from the heating element, the estimation of the ambient temperature based on the measured temperature of the heating element;
use the estimated ambient temperature to determine whether a target temperature corresponding to the selected operating mode is reached; and
control activation of the heating element based on whether the target temperature corresponding to the selected operating mode is reached.