Lightwave oven and method of cooking therewith with cookware ref

Details Lightwave oven and method of cooking therewith with cookware ref Lightwave oven and method of cooking therewith with cookware ref

1998-04-14

1999-09-28

Pelham, Joseph

Electric heating

Heating devices

Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material...

219411, 99331, A21B 200

Patent

active

059582715

ABSTRACT:
A lightwave oven and method of cooking therewith that cooks food contained in cookware having a given reflectivity, and automatically changes the lightwave oven cooking sequence to compensate for the reflectivity of the cookware. The lightwave oven includes an oven cavity housing that encloses a cooking region therein. A first plurality and a second plurality of high power lamps provide radiant energy in the visible, near-visible and infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum. The first plurality of lamps is positioned above the cooking region and the second plurality of lamps is positioned below the cooking region. An optical sensor measures an amount of the radiant energy produced by at least one of the second plurality of lamps that is reflected by the cookware in the cooking region. A controller changes an average power level of the second plurality of lamps based upon the amount of radiant energy measured by the optical sensor.

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