Maytag Corporation

Virginia L Harwell

Philip R McKee

Michael E Bales

John Scott Brown

Kenneth E Sauter

James K Pool, Iii

Issac P Sargunam

Anthony E Kendall

Jill L Means

Susan K Fisher

Pamela S Kleese

Judith D Barber

A cooking appliance includes a cooktop having at least one heating element, a controller and a control element linked to the controller and associated with operation of the heating element. Specifically, the control element includes first and second operational setting schemes which provide a consumer with a higher degree of control over operation of the heating element. More specifically, selection of the first scheme operates the heating element at a selected level, while selection of the second scheme causes the heating element to operate at an initial high level and then to automatically convert to a lower level.

Heating element temperature control for a cooking appliance

A cooking appliance includes a controller which calculates a desired percentage of hot air convection and microwave energy needed to perform a cooking operation based on selections made by a user through a menu driven display. The display prompts a user for a programming inputs, while also displaying operational information to the user as needed. The programming options enable the user to select between various different cooking operations and also provides for appealing cooking sequences to be stored as cooking recipes. As needed, certain pre-cooking functions are automatically performed, such as heating or cooling of the oven cavity, as needed.

Menu driven control system for a cooking appliance

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Anniston, AL, United States of America

Virginia L Harwell