Patent ID: 7964824

Claim:
A multi-stage cooking method for a counter-top electric oven, the counter-top electric oven comprising at least one cooking element and at least one control system coupled to the at least one cooking element, the at least one control system comprising at least one processor, at least one storage device, and at least one input interface, said at least one processor, said at least one storage device, and said at least one input interface, coupled to one another, the method comprising: receiving, by the at least one processor, from said at least one input interface at least one multi-stage cooking recipe for the counter-top electric oven wherein the at least one multi-stage cooking recipe comprises at least one user-selectable, and user-configurable, high temperature sear stage, the at least one user-selectable, and the user-configurable, high temperature sear stage operable, by the at least one processor, to initially at least one of brown, or sear, for up to a maximum default pre-defined time period, after an initial at least one delay stage; storing, by the at least one processor, the at least one multi-stage cooking recipe, including the at least one user-selectable, and the user-configurable, high temperature sear stage, in the at least one storage device of the counter-top electric oven; and executing, by the at least one processor, the at least one multi-stage cooking recipe, including the at least one user-selectable, and the user-configurable, high temperature sear stage, with the counter-top electric oven.