COOKING APPARATUS WITH THERMALLY SHIELDED TEMPERATURE SENSOR

摘要

A cooking apparatus includes a heating element and a cooking plate arranged and configured to be heated by the heating element, the cooking plate having a first surface facing the heating element and a cooking surface opposite the first surface. A thermostat is located proximate the first surface and associated with a heating element control. An insulating heat shield arrangement partially surrounds the thermostat and shields a shielded portion of the first surface adjacent the thermostat from direct heating by the heating element. The insulating heat shield arrangement is configured to provide a thermal resistance Rh through the cooking plate between the shielded portion of the first surface at the thermostat and a directly heated portion of the first surface outside the shielded portion. The cooking plate is configured such that a thermal resistance Rc through the cooking plate is provided between the shielded portion of the first surface at the thermostat and the cooking surface. The insulating heat shield arrangement is configured such that thermal resistance Rh is no less than thermal resistance Rc.