Patent ID: 8669501

Claim:
A method for selectively and automatically activating a heater element of a cooking appliance to a predetermined level and subsequently automatically deactivating the heater element, such activating and deactivating occurring a plurality of times during at least one Jewish Holiday period of time in compliance with the Orthodox Jewish Laws, comprising: a. providing a programmable timer in communication with the heater element of the cooking appliance which can be selectively programmed to provide for a plurality of cycles of an activation and a subsequent deactivation of the heater element in accordance with a predetermined schedule during a predetermined period of time that is longer than the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time, wherein when the programmable timer initially activates, the heater element activates in accordance with the predetermined schedule to a predetermined level determined by the cooking appliance, and wherein when the programmable timer subsequently deactivates, the heater element deactivates in accordance with the predetermined schedule, such activation and deactivation occurring for the scheduled cycle of activations and deactivations of the heater element; b. wherein prior to the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time: i. setting the predetermined level of the cooking appliance; ii. programming the programmable timer to provide for the predetermined schedule of the plurality of cycles of activations and deactivations of the heater element during the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time; iii. activating the programmable timer to activate the heater element to the predetermined level by the cooking appliance in accordance with the predetermined schedule; whereby the heater element activates to the predetermined level and deactivates for a plurality of cycles in accordance with the predetermined schedule during the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time.