Patent ID: 7446283
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a cooking process in a closed cooking compartment of a cooking appliance, comprising: a heating device for heating the cooking compartment, said heating device being operable to apply radiant heat to an item in said cooking compartment; the temperature in said cooking compartment is set to a desired heating temperature (TG) for the food in a cooking process; said heating device is switched on and off in a temperature regulating cycle once a pre-determined switching temperature has been reached in said cooking compartment during said cooking process to thereby ensure that the temperature in said cooking compartment is between an upper limit cooking temperature and a lower limit cooking temperature; the temperature during said cooking process is then reduced from a predetermined temperature below the upper cooking limit temperature over the course of a temporary cooling-down phase (tA) in said cooking compartment such that the temperature in said cooking compartment eventually decreases below the lower limit cooking temperature; and the temperature during said cooking process then is increased again during a subsequent heating-up phase (tVS) in said cooking compartment to raise the temperature in said cooking compartment from a temperature below the lower limit cooking temperature to a temperature between the upper limit cooking temperature and the lower limit cooking temperature.