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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2011
Michael Bernard Hitchcock, Louisville, KY (US);
Philip Ames Barber, Louisville, KY (US);
John Mark Chilton, Campbellsburg, KY (US);
Michael Thomas Chezem, Georgetown, IN (US);
Leo Edward Hodapp, Jr., Greenville, IN (US);
Michael Bernard Hitchcock, Louisville, KY (US);
Philip Ames Barber, Louisville, KY (US);
John Mark Chilton, Campbellsburg, KY (US);
Michael Thomas Chezem, Georgetown, IN (US);
Leo Edward Hodapp, Jr., Greenville, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for providing top heat to assist with baking in an oven appliance having a gas bake burner. The top heat is provided by a heating element positioned in the top of the oven cavity. This top heating element is operated in a manner that assists the bottom, gas bake burner with properly browning the food on both its top and bottom. The operation of the both the top heating element and the gas bake burner can be varied to provide proper cooking and browning based upon e.g., the type of food being cooked, the amount of food being cooked, and the level of browning desired.