Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Andrea Nichole Stokes

John Adam Yantis

A cooking appliance is generally provided herein. The cooking appliance may include a cabinet, a top panel, a burner, and a deflection plate. The cabinet may extend in a vertical direction from a top portion to a bottom portion. The cabinet may define a non-heated chamber between the top portion and the bottom portion. The top panel may be positioned at the top portion of the cabinet. The burner may be positioned on the top panel. The deflection plate may extend at a non-orthogonal angle from the top panel at a rear portion of the cabinet. The deflection plate may define a ventilation aperture above the non-heated chamber in fluid communication therewith.

Cooking appliance

An oven appliance with features for detecting and containing a fire and/or smoke within the cooking chamber of the oven appliance is provided. A method for operating an oven appliance to detect and contain a fire and/or smoke within the cooking chamber of the oven appliance is also provided.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Andrea Nichole Stokes