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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

May. 27, 2015
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Paul Bryan Cadima, Prospect, KY (US);

Amelia Lear Hensley, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 27/62 (2006.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/122 (2013.01); A23L 5/15 (2016.08); F24C 3/128 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling a gas cooking appliance may generally include preheating an oven cavity of the appliance to a pre-selected temperature and, after preheating the oven cavity, cycling the cooking appliance through a plurality of cooking cycles so as to activate lower and upper burners of the appliance in a manner that provides heating both below and above a food item contained within the oven cavity, wherein the cooking cycles include a plurality of bake cycles within each of which the lower burner is activated for a period of time and a plurality of broil cycles within each of which the upper burner is activated for a period of time. Moreover, a cumulative ratio of the broil cycles to the bake cycles across the various cooking cycles is less than 1.


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