Patent ID: 8882494
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: F23N,F24C

Abstract:
1. A cooking appliance, comprising: a cooking surface, a gas burner positioned below the cooking surface, the gas burner being operable to generate a quantity of heat at the cooking surface, and a gas control valve comprising: (i) an outlet fluidly coupled to the gas burner, and (ii) a pressure sensor operable to measure a pressure of a gas supplied to the gas burner from the gas control valve and generate an electrical output signal indicative of the measured pressure of the gas, wherein the gas valve is programmed to adjust a supply of gas to the gas burner based on the measured pressure, wherein the supply of gas is suspended after a predefined time interval such that an average quantity of heat delivered to the cooking surface during the predefined time interval based on the measured pressure of the gas and a burner rating such that a user-desired quantity of heat is generated at the cooking surface, wherein the program is configured to calculate a duration for which the supply of gas is to be suspended, and wherein the calculation for the duration of gas suspension includes: