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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Jim Gaynor, Richmond, VA (US);
Yvonne Olson, Richmond, VA (US);
Adam Steinman, Richmond, VA (US);
Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., Glen Allen, VA (US);
Abstract
A cooking appliance for cooking a foodstuff over a period of time including a shell having a heating cavity and a heating element to heat the heating cavity. A container is removably positionable within the heating cavity and includes a food cavity for receiving the foodstuff. A temperature probe is removably insertable into the foodstuff and a controller is mounted to the shell. The controller controls operation of the cooking appliance in a probe mode wherein the temperature probe is inserted into the foodstuff and transmits foodstuff temperatures to the controller for controlling the heating of the foodstuff, a program mode wherein the controller actuates the heating element to heat the container at a temperature for a selected amount of time and subsequently at a lower temperature and a manual mode wherein the controller actuates the heating element to heat the container at a selected temperature.