Patent ID: 7675006

Claim:
A method of controlling a cooking appliance, the method comprising: selectively using a low temperature table or a high temperature table based on preset cooking temperatures for different types of cooking or foods to automatically control a temperature sensing circuit to determine a current temperature of a cooking chamber during a cooking operation; and selectively using the low temperature table or the high temperature table to determine a current temperature of the cooking chamber after the cooking operation of the cooking appliance has ended, wherein selectively using the low temperature table or the high temperature table during the cooking operation comprises: reading the current temperature of the cooking chamber and a preset cooking temperature corresponding to a type of food or the cooking being performed when the cooking operation is begun; and using the low temperature table when the read current temperature is below a second set temperature T 2 and the cooking temperature is below a third set temperature T 3 , using the high temperature table when the read current temperature is above a fourth set temperature T 4 , and maintaining a temperature table selected prior to the cooking operation when the read current temperature is above the second set temperature T 2 and below the fourth set temperature T 4 .