Patent ID: 9750089
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H05B

Claim:
1. A cooking device, comprising: a locating system that automatically detects a geographic location of the cooking device; a control or regulating unit that controls an environmental cooking condition inside the cooking device; a control element communicatively connected to the locating system and to the control or regulating unit, wherein the control element comprises: wherein the control or regulating unit implements a cooking program or cooking mode of operation using a cooking parameter that is automatically preset based on (1) the cooking program or cooking mode of operation and (2) the geographic location of the cooking device, wherein the value of the cooking parameter defines an environmental cooking condition inside the cooking device for the cooking program or cooking mode of operation, wherein the control element receives information from the locating system regarding the geographic location of the cooking device and automatically presets the cooking parameter by setting the value of the cooking parameter based on the geographic location of the cooking device and the cooking program or cooking mode of operation, wherein the modification function input device is operable by an operator of the cooking device to modify the preset cooking parameter, wherein the confirmation or storage function input device is operable by the operator of the cooking device to affirmatively confirm, accept, or store the preset or modified cooking parameter during a predetermined time period, and wherein the cooking device automatically confirms, accepts, or stores the preset or modified cooking parameter if the predetermined time period has elapsed and the operator has not operated the confirmation or storage function input device with regard to the preset or modified cooking parameter.