Patent ID: 9119231
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A method for preheating an oven appliance, the oven appliance including a cabinet that defines a cooking chamber for receipt of food items for cooking, the cooking chamber extending between a top portion and bottom portion, the oven appliance also including a bake heating element positioned adjacent the bottom portion of the cooking chamber, the oven appliance further including a broil heating element positioned adjacent the top portion of the cooking chamber, the oven appliance also including a convection heating assembly having a fan and a convection heating element, the convection heating assembly configured for selectively urging a flow of heated air into the cooking chamber, the method comprising: initiating a preheat cycle of the oven appliance, the cooking chamber changing from a first temperature to a second temperature during the preheat cycle, the second temperature being greater than the first temperature, the preheat cycle having a first phase and a second phase; operating at least one of the convection heating element, the broil heating element, and the bake heating element for the first phase of the preheat cycle of the oven appliance; utilizing the convection heating element during the second phase of the preheat cycle of the oven appliance; and reducing a power output of the convection heating element over a period of time to about a steady-state power output during the second phase of the preheat cycle.