Patent ID: 8304695

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, and 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: performing a cooking operation having a preheat phase and a postheat phase in the oven by establishing a plurality of cooking stages for the preheat and postheat phases during which both the first and second motor driven fans are distinctly driven and each of the plurality of heating elements is only sequentially activated based on a predetermined priority schedule which varies depending on a particular cooking selection made between 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 available to a user through an interface.