Method for operating a cooking appliance, and cooking appliance

Abstract

A method for operating a cooking appliance having a cooking chamber for receiving a food to be cooked, an operating device for setting an operating mode of the cooking appliance, a heating device for heating the cooking chamber, and a control device for controlling at least the heating device such that a heating program is carried out after the operating mode has been set. The method includes: determining a loading state of the cooking chamber by a monitoring device after an operating mode of the cooking appliance has been set, determination of the loading state including at least one distinction as to whether the food to be cooked is located in the cooking chamber; and as a function of the determined loading state, selecting a heating program from a plurality of stored heating programs and carrying out the selected heating program.

1 . A method for operating a cooking appliance, having a cooking chamber for receiving a food to be cooked, an operating device for setting an operating mode of the cooking appliance, a heating device for heating the cooking chamber, and a control device for controlling at least the heating device in such that a heating program is carried out after the operating mode has been set, the method comprising:
 determining a loading state of the cooking chamber by a monitoring device after an operating mode of the cooking appliance has been set, the determining of the loading state comprising at least one distinction as to whether the food to be cooked is located in the cooking chamber; and   as a function of the determined loading state, selecting a heating program from a plurality of stored heating programs and carrying out the selected heating program.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of heating programs comprises at least one heating program with low heating power and one heating program with high heating power. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the one heating program with high heating power is carried out when a loading state is determined in which no food to be cooked is located in the cooking chamber, and
 wherein the one heating program with low heating power is carried out when a loading state is determined in which the food to be cooked of a first class of food to be cooked is located in the cooking chamber.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein a heating program with medium heating power is carried out when a loading state is determined in which the food to be cooked of a second class of food to be cooked is located in the cooking chamber. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determination of the loading state comprises evaluation of at least one image of the cooking chamber recorded by an image recording device comprising the monitoring device. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, as a function of an opening and subsequent closing of a cooking chamber door, the loading state of the cooking chamber is again determined and, if necessary, a change of the heating program occurs when the loading state is changed. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, at least when a loading state is determined in which no food to be cooked is located in the cooking chamber, the end of the selected and carried out heating program is displayed. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determined loading state of the cooking chamber is used to check a plausibility of program steps of a cooking program controlling the cooking appliance. 
     
     
         9 . A cooking appliance, comprising:
 a cooking chamber configured to receive a food to be cooked;   a heating device configured to heat the cooking chamber;   a control device configured to control at least the heating device; and   a monitoring device configured to determine a loading state of the cooking chamber and to carry out theft method of  claim 1 .