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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2005
Stefania Fraccon, Varese, IT;
Tamara Distaso, Gemonio, IT;
Karen M. Embury, St. Joseph, MI (US);
M. Sells Joel, Hartford, MI (US);
Stefania Fraccon, Varese, IT;
Tamara Distaso, Gemonio, IT;
Karen M. Embury, St. Joseph, MI (US);
M. Sells Joel, Hartford, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of baking bread using steam in an automated household oven with a cooking cavity and a steam system for introducing steam into the cooking cavity comprises determining a presence of bread in the cooking cavity and introducing steam into the cooking cavity upon a positive determination of the presence of bread. After the positive determination, the steam is introduced into the cavity to maintain a desired relative humidity in the cavity for a predetermined period of time to aid in formation of a moist, flexible crust on the bread, and the amount of steam introduced into the cavity decreases after the predetermined period of time. The cavity can be preheated and prehumidified prior to the determining of the presence of the bread in the cooking cavity.