Patent ID: 8878106
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A countertop toaster oven, comprising: an internal compartment; a door for the compartment; a first heating element and a second heating element being top heating elements, located adjacent to a ceiling of the compartment; a third heating element and a fourth heating element being lower heating elements, located along a floor of the compartment; an additional fifth heating element being located between the top heating elements, the fifth element having a higher maximum wattage than the top heating elements; a controller coupled to the first heating element, second heating element, third heating element, fourth heating element and fifth heating element; the controller operates one or more heating elements to provide a variable wattage including one or more operational wattages that is, for at least a portion of a heating cycle, intermediate between zero power and full power; a user interface coupled to the controller, wherein upon user operation of the interface an oven mode is selected from one or more predetermined oven modes; the first heating element, second heating element, third heating element and fourth heating element being controlled by the controller to provide variable wattage in accordance with the selected oven mode; and wherein the controller operates the fifth heating element independently of the top heating elements.