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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1996
James P Bedford, Willoughby, OH (US);
Thomas J Willis, Solon, OH (US);
Mark H Finck, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Cleveland Range, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A cooking apparatus for automatically cooking and rotating a food product which comprises: a cooking chamber; a planetary assembly disposed within the cooking chamber which is capable of rotating the food product about the cooking chamber; a heater or burner disposed within the cooking chamber for cooking the food product; a venting damper disposed within the cooking chamber which is capable of releasing excess energy contained within the cooking chamber; a temperature sensor used for detecting the temperature in the cooking chamber; and a microprocessor which is capable of cooking the food product for a predetermined cooking time and maintaining the temperature in the cooking chamber in accordance with a predetermined cooking temperature by means of controlling the heater or burner and the venting damper such that the heater or burner remains in the 'on' position during the entire cooking time while the venting damper is opened and closed as necessary to maintain the predetermined cooking temperature.