DOUBLE OVEN PREHEAT BOOST USING COOKING CHAMBER LOCKOUT

摘要

An oven appliance is provided with features for locking out a cooking chamber to boost the preheat performance of and thereby decrease the time required to preheat another cooking chamber of the oven appliance. A method for operating an oven appliance also is provided. The method includes features for locking out a cooking chamber to boost the preheat performance of and thereby decrease the time required to preheat another cooking chamber of the oven appliance.

主权项

1. A method for operating an oven appliance, the oven appliance having an upper cooking chamber and a lower cooking chamber each configured for receipt of food items for cooking, the method comprising the steps of:
establishing a cooking chamber temperature set point Tpre for a selected cooking chamber, wherein the selected cooking chamber comprises one of the upper or the lower cooking chamber; activating a heating element of the selected cooking chamber; determining whether a boost preheat mode of the selected cooking chamber has been chosen and, if so, then
activating a lockout element to lockout the unselected cooking chamber; activating an additional heating element of the selected cooking chamber; sensing whether the temperature in the selected cooking chamber has reached at least Tpre and, if so, then
activating the lockout element to unlock to the unselected cooking chamber, andinitiating a cooking cycle of the selected cooking chamber.