Patent ID: 9310085
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A21B,A23L,A47J,F24C

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a cooking appliance that includes a cooking chamber with a plurality of cooking chamber zones, an input device, and an output device, the method comprising: cooking, with at least one cooking program, a first item of a plurality of items to be cooked in at least a first cooking chamber zone of the plurality of cooking chamber zones of the cooking chamber by performing at least one cooking process based on parameters entered through the input device, identifying a second item of the plurality of items to be cooked in the cooking chamber of the cooking appliance, proposing, with the output device, cooking the second item in the cooking chamber of the cooking appliance, indicating, with the output device, when the second item is to be loaded into the cooking chamber, cooking, with the at least one cooking program, the second item in a second cooking chamber zone of the cooking chamber at least partially overlapping with the cooking of the first item such that the second item is cooked while the first item is already undergoing the at least one cooking process, and indicating, with the output device, when the first and second items are to be removed from the cooking chamber based on the parameters entered through the input device, wherein the parameters entered through the input device serve to select said plurality of items to be cooked and at least one of a start and end time for cooking at least one of the items to be cooked and at least one cooking parameter, and the at least one cooking program in the cooking chamber is controlled on the basis of the parameters entered through the input device.