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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventors:
Paul R. Staun, Louisville, KY (US);
GuoJun Zhang, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/64 (2006.01); H05B 6/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/6497 (2013.01); H05B 6/645 (2013.01); H05B 6/802 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microwave oven may include a temperature sensor to sense temperature in a cooking cavity, and a controller that can initiate a sous vide cooking cycle in response to user input after placement of a sous vide container (with a water bath and a food item to be cooked inside) into the cooking cavity, monitor a temperature of the water bath contained by the sous vide container during the cooking cycle using the temperature sensor, and control the microwave cooking element in response to the monitored temperature.