Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven). The cooking instrument can draw an alternating current (AC) power and generate a maximum available power for a heating system of the cooking instrument via a power component that converts the drawn AC power. The cooking instrument can then directionally heat each of different zones in a cooking chamber of the cooking instrument in sequence using one or more heating elements of the heating system on at least one side of the cooking chamber such that each step in the sequence utilizes the maximum available power for the heating system.

A cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a case having a cooking chamber formed therein; a door for opening/closing a front opening of the case; a steam generation device mounted on the exterior of the case; and a steam supply pipe for connecting the steam generation device and the cooking chamber, wherein the steam generation device can comprise: a housing fixed to the case; a drawer provided so as to be able to be withdrawn from and put into the housing, and into which water for generating steam is filled; and a heating unit mounted on the lower surface of the drawer so as to heat the water filled inside the drawer.

A cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking compartment, which is surrounded by a bottom surface, a pair of side surfaces, and a back surface of the housing, and has an upper surface and a front surface which are open. A door includes a door upper surface part which covers the upper surface of the housing and a door front surface part which is connected to a front side of the door upper surface part and covers the front surface of the housing and opens and closes the upper surface and the front surface of the housing by rotating about a rear side of the door upper surface part. A heating part is installed in at least one of the housing or the door.

A cooktop assembly includes a burner box and a controller disposed on the burner box. A mounting panel is coupled to the burner box over the controller. The mounting panel defines a plurality of embossed features. Each of the plurality of embossed features extends vertically upward from discrete portions of the mounting panel. A plurality of coil assemblies includes individual coil assemblies. Each of the individual coil assemblies includes a coil disposed on a coil plate that defines more than one aperture. Each of the individual embossed features extends through an aperture of the more than one aperture defined by one of the coil plates when the individual coil assemblies are disposed on the mounting panel. A cooktop is disposed over the plurality of coil assemblies and coupled to the burner box.

An electric range is provided that may include a case, a case, a cover plate coupled to an upper end of the case, wherein an object to be heated is placed on an upper surface thereof, an air blowing fan configured to discharge air, and an air guide that communicates with the air blowing fan, wherein a cross-sectional area of the flow path of air in a portion of the air guide at which air is discharged outward is greater than a cross-sectional area of the flow path of air at a portion of the air guide at which the air guide and the air blowing fan communicate.

An electric range is provided that may include a case, and a support. The support may include a first region in which an air blower fan may be disposed, and a second region in which a printed circuit board may be disposed. A lower surface of the first region may be separated from the case.

A home appliance is provided in which electronic elements are attached to an outer surface of a heat sink, allowing air to directly contacting the electronic elements. More specifically, the electronic elements are attached to an outer slanted surface of the heat sink, an air guide is disposed to surround the heat sink to which the electronic elements are attached, and an air blowing fan is used to allow air to flow in the air guide, enabling the flowing air to directly contact the electronic elements.

An electric range is provided that may include a single base bracket configured to support and protect a control circuit board, thereby remarkably reducing a number of components in comparison to a conventional electric range.

An electric range may include a case, a cover plate coupled to an upper end of the case and on an upper surface of which an object to be heated is placed, a heat sink, an air blowing fan, wherein the air blowing fan is configured to discharge air toward the heat sink, and an air guide that communicates with the air blowing fan, surrounds the heat sink, and forms a flow path of air that cools the heat sink, wherein the air guide includes an side outlet formed in a portion at which the air guide communicates with the air blowing fan, and wherein the air guide is configured to discharge a portion of air flowing from the air blowing fan outward.

An electric range and a method for controlling an electric range are provided, in which a plate temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of a cover plate and a thermal fuse configured to sense overheating of the cover plate are connected in series to configure a temperature sensing circuit, thereby simplifying a control substrate to which the temperature sensing circuit is electrically connected and reducing manufacture costs.