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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Hatco Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Nick Bassill, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John Scanlon, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Ishan Shah, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Fei Shang, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Max Walker, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Hatco Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A food preparation appliance includes a processing mechanism, a thermal element, a sensor positioned to acquire identifying data regarding identifying characteristics of a food product to be processed by the food preparation appliance, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive the identifying data from the sensor, identify a type of the food product based on the identifying data, and automatically set a predefined operating parameter of at least one of the processing mechanism and the thermal element to provide target processing of the food product based on the type and the identifying characteristics.