Patent ID: 11867411
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of cooking a food item in a cooking appliance having a cooking chamber and a user interface comprising a display and a selector configured to allow a user to set a target degree of browning, the method comprising:
imaging, by an imaging device for capturing a real-time image, the food item inside the cooking chamber to capture the real-time image of the food item inside the cooking chamber;
receiving, by a computing device in communication with the imaging device and comprising a software module configured to receive the captured real-time image, the captured real-time image from the imaging device;
determining a real-time degree of browning of the food item based on the imaging; and
displaying on the display a visual scale indicating a progression of the real-time degree of browning during the cooking of the food item, based on the determined degree of browning and the target degree of browning, wherein the display also displays the real-time image of the food item based on the imaging.