Patent ID: 8514084

Claim:
A cooking system comprising: a first radio frequency tag having a first user identification; a second radio frequency tag having a second user identification; a cooking appliance with a radio frequency reader detecting when one of the first and second radio frequency tags approaches, the cooking appliance initiating a predetermined mode when the one of the first and second radio frequency tags is detected; a radio frequency tag recognition button in a manipulation unit of the cooking appliance, the radio frequency tag recognition button determining whether the radio frequency reader initiates a radio frequency tag reading operation to recognize the one of the first and second radio frequency tags; a memory for storing user identifications; and a controller for controlling the cooking appliance, wherein the controller determines whether the transmitted user identification matches one of the user identifications recorded in the memory, wherein, in accordance with the user identification, modes, which the cooking appliance enters into, are predefined in the memory, wherein, when the controller determines that the radio frequency reader detects the first radio frequency tag, the cooking appliance enters into a safety mode, and wherein, when the controller determines that the radio frequency reader detects the second radio frequency tag, the cooking appliance enters into a warning mode.