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 9:
10. A method of operating a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising a casing defining a cooking cavity, the method comprising:
receiving, by a controller of the cooking appliance, an input indicating that the cooking appliance is to operate in a meal cook cycle, the meal cook cycle comprises a plurality of stages;
activating an 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 an upper pan mounted above a turntable, and wherein the first location is in direct thermal communication with the upper heating module; and
activating a motor to simultaneously rotate the turntable and the upper pan mounted above the turntable 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 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.