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

Claim 10:
11. A method of cooking a food item in a cooking appliance having a cooking chamber and a user interface comprising 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;
computing a target image based on the captured real-time image and the target degree of browning, the target image indicating how the food item appears with the target degree of browning; and
displaying on the user interface the target image and the target degree of browning.