Patent ID: 9131537
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A47J,F24C,G05D,H05B

Abstract:
1. A cooking system that delivers controlled and variable amounts of power to heat cookware, where the power is controllable from zero power up to a maximum power output capacity of the cooking system, comprising: a user-manipulated heating control user interface that is adapted to be turned up and turned down by the user to a particular setting within a temperature operating range that comprises a first portion that encompasses the boiling point, a second portion that is below the first portion, and a third portion that is above the first portion; and a controller that is input with the user interface setting and is configured to determine a command to control the heating of the cookware and output the command so as to control the power provided to the cookware; wherein the power provided to the cookware at any given time ranges up to a maximum controlled power output; and wherein in the first portion of the temperature operating range the maximum controlled power output is variable, is under user control via the user interlace, and is limited to be less than the maximum power output capacity of the cooking system.