Patent ID: 11910512
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  F | IPC A  F  H

Claim 0:
1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
a casing defining a cooking cavity;
a microwave module for delivering microwave energy into the cooking cavity;
an upper heater module having one or more heating elements;
a lower heater module having one or more heating elements;
a convection module having one or more heating elements and a convection fan operable to move air across the one or more heating elements of the convection module and into the cooking cavity;
a turntable rotatably mounted in the cooking cavity;
an upper pan mounted above the turntable;
a motor operatively coupled to the turntable to rotate the turntable within the cooking cavity; and
a controller communicatively coupled with the microwave module, the upper heater module, the lower heater module, the convection module, and the motor for selective control thereof, the controller configured to:
receive an input indicating that the cooking appliance is to operate in a meal cook cycle, wherein the meal cook cycle comprises a plurality of stages;
activating the upper heating module for delivering radiant and thermal energy to a first location within the cooking cavity, wherein the first location is a distinct spatial location defined on the upper pan, and wherein the first location is in direct thermal communication with the upper heating module; and
activating the motor to simultaneously rotate the turntable and the upper pan in a back-and-forth motion within the cooking cavity only during one stage of the plurality of stage, wherein rotating the turntable and the upper pan in the back-and-forth motion comprises rotating the turntable and the upper pan from a first position to a second position in a first direction followed by rotating the turntable and the upper pan from the second position to the first position in a second direction opposite the first direction,

wherein the first position and the second position are defined by the first location on the upper pan.