Patent ID: 8097833

Claim:
A method of cooking food within an oven provided with a heating system employing a plurality of heating elements including a broil element, a bake element, and first and second convection heaters, first and second motor driven fans, as well as a user interface device and a controller in communication with the user interface for controlling operation of the heating system, the method comprising: receiving from the user interface a cooking mode selection constituted by a bake mode, a no preheat convection bake mode, a rapid preheat convection bake mode, a standard preheat convection bake mode or a convection roast mode; receiving a desired cooking temperature setting; and controlling the heating system wherein: a) in the bake mode, each of the heating elements is activated, the first motor driven fan is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction and the second motor driven fan is rotated in a clockwise direction, with each of the first and second motor driven fans being operated in a pulsed manner; b) in the no preheat convection bake mode, each of the heating elements is activated, the first motor driven fan is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction and the second motor driven fan is rotated in a clockwise direction, with each of the first and second motor driven fans being operated in a continuous manner; c) in the rapid preheat convection bake mode, each of the heating elements is activated, the first motor driven fan is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction and the second motor driven fan is rotated in a clockwise direction, with each of the first and second motor driven fans being operated in a continuous manner; d) in the standard preheat convection bake mode, each of the heating elements is activated, the first motor driven fan is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction and the second motor driven fan is rotated in a clockwise direction, with each of the first and second motor driven fans being operated in a continuous manner; and e) in the convection roast mode, each of the heating elements is activated, the first motor driven fan is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction and the second motor driven fan is rotated in a clockwise direction, with each of the first and second motor driven fans being operated in a continuous manner.