Breville Pty Limited

Ashley Marsh-Croft

Brendan John Foxlee

Emma Craig

Richard Lehonde Hoare

Vyvyan Rose

David Davenport

Robert Grassia

Khon Thai

Eddie Siu

Tibor Hegedis

Lichan Meng

Lochana Subasekara

A food cooking appliance such as a waffle maker, pizza maker or toaster uses a combination of sensor inputs and optional user preferences to determine an optimal cooking time.

Waffle maker

The present disclosure relates to the operation of a kitchen appliance (). A processor () receives () a stored sequence of user settings and at least one recorded parameter, and applies () the stored sequence of user settings to the kitchen appliance. A sensor () senses at least one sensed parameter while the stored sequence of user settings is applied to the kitchen appliance (). The processor () determines () a difference between the at least one sensed parameter and corresponding recorded parameter(s) and, if the determined difference exceeds a difference threshold, adjusts () at least one user setting applied.

Food and beverage preparation sequence recording and playback

An apparatus for controlling one or more switched high power loads (or heating elements). The apparatus including: one or more switched high power loads (or heating elements), each high power load being powered from a common alternating current power source, and wherein each load is independently switched using a switching signal for zero crossing switching to achieve a desired average power output; the switching signal is generated that comprises a repeated switching sequence; the switching sequence indicates a respective selecting activation for each of the switched high power load over a sequence of half or full cycles.

Control of heating elements

Compact oven

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Woollahra, Australia

Ashley Marsh-Croft