Patent ID: 8624169

Claim:
A heating appliance comprising: a chamber portion defining a heating chamber, the chamber portion including a perimeter wall extending about the heating chamber; a heating apparatus configured to heat air in the heating chamber; a temperature sensor configured to sense an internal temperature of an item located in the heating chamber; a user interface configured to receive designation of a desired time of completion of heating of the item from the user; and a control circuit configured to control the supply of power to the heating apparatus, the control circuit being in communication with the temperature sensor to receive a signal from the temperature sensor representing the temperature of the item, the control circuit being in communication with the user interface to receive a signal from the user interface representing the desired time of completion of heating of the item; wherein the control circuit is configured to control the supply of power to the heating apparatus so that the internal temperature at a location in the item reaches a predetermined temperature at the desired time of completion designated by the user; wherein the control circuit is configured to control the supply of power to the heating apparatus without requiring user input of a type of the item; and wherein the control circuit is configured to predict a time period for the food item to reach the desired temperature based upon a current temperature of the air in the heating chamber.