Patent ID: 8692162
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: F24C,H05B

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory, tangible, machine-readable medium comprising: a control library including a plurality of heating element behaviors; a data library including at least one preselected parameter set, the preselected parameter set defining a staged cooking function and including a first heating element behavior parameter and a first temperature parameter, wherein data stored in the data library is configured to control an algorithm flow of at least one of a proportional-integral-derivative algorithm and a hysteresis-based algorithm for controlling the preselected parameter set; and one or more executable files including a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed, result in a processor (i) reading the preselected parameter set, (ii) selecting a first heating element behavior from the control library based upon the first heating element behavior parameter, wherein selecting the first heating element behavior comprises selecting the at least one of the proportional-integral-derivative algorithm and the hysteresis-based algorithm, which uses the first temperature parameter as a setpoint, and (iii) generating one or more heating element control signals according to the first heating element behavior and the first temperature parameter.