Automated oven appliance for baking and broiling food

Abstract

An automated oven appliance for baking or broiling food in a cooking chamber is provided. The appliance comprises primarily of: two heating elements, one or more food baskets, baking pan, temperature sensor, cooking chamber, user interface panel, micro controller and two motors in a metal cabinet. Control algorithm stored in the micro controller determines cooking chamber temperature and temperature interval, as well as linear motion of food basket from and to the baking pan. Intervals of rotary motion of food basket in cooking chamber as part of the cooking process and ultimately shutting down of the appliance when food is cooked is also controlled by the micro controller algorithm.

1 . An automated method to bake or broil food in a cooking chamber situated in a household or professional oven appliance. The appliance comprises primarily of: two heating elements, one or more food baskets, baking pan, temperature sensor, cooking chamber, user interface panel, micro controller and two motors in a metal cabinet. The method includes the following steps:
 User starts oven appliance for baking or broiling food in cooking chamber and based on pre-defined algorithm stored in micro controller, system performs the following operations in steps:   Initiate Preheating of cooking chamber— 160     Measure cooking chamber temperature using the temperature sensor— 170     When temperature is 300 degrees F.— 180     Maintain temperature for 10 Minutes— 190     Turn off baking/Broiling heat elements after 10 minutes— 200     Send signal to motor  1  to perform vertical upward motion of food basket from baking pan to center of cooking chamber— 210     Send signal to motor  2  to rotate food basket 180 degrees— 220     Send signal to motor  1  to perform vertical downward motion of food basket from center of cooking chamber to baking pan— 230     Turn on baking/Broiling heating element— 240     Repeat steps  170  through  240  successively until food is cooked — 250     Turn off heating elements— 260     Repeat steps  210  through  270     End program and turn off oven appliance  20 .   
     
     
         2 . The method in  claim 1  wherein the heating element is a broiled heating element location at the top of the heating chamber powered by 120 or 240 volts. 
     
     
         3 . The method in  claim 1  wherein un-spiced or spiced liquid is introduced in the baking pan through a liquid inlet via a tube to keep the food moist if necessary. 
     
     
         4 . Method in  claim 1  wherein un-spiced or spiced liquid is removed from the baking pan if need be. 
     
     
         5 . Method in  claim 1  wherein this disclosed automated oven appliance is used for grilling food products such as meat or fish.