Patent ID: 8857198

Claim:
An icemaker assembly for an appliance, comprising: an ice cube mold configured to form ice cubes, a water valve configured to provide water to the ice cube mold, an ice cube storage bin in communication with the ice cube mold, the ice cube storage bin configured to receive ice cubes from the ice cube mold, an ice cube storage bin sensor configured to sense an ice cube level in the ice cube storage bin, and a controller coupled to the icemaker assembly, wherein the controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a harvest cycle command and initiate a harvest cycle in response to the harvest cycle command, the harvest cycle including actuating the water valve to supply water to the ice cube mold and initiating an ice cube dislodging device to dislodge any ice cubes from the ice cube mold into the ice cube storage bin, and wherein the controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a forced harvest prevention command and initiate a forced harvest prevention cycle based on the forced harvest prevention command, the forced harvest prevention cycle initiated after a current harvest cycle is completed.