An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet, a heating assembly defining a plurality of heating zones, and a drawer assembly slidably positioned within the cooking chamber. The drawer assembly includes a drawer frame slidably mounted to sidewalls of the cooking chamber, a horizontal rack mounted proximate a bottom of the drawer frame, and one or more vertical dividers positionable within the drawer frame to define a plurality of cooking chambers, each of the plurality of cooking chambers being aligned with one or more of the plurality of heating zones.

A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber (100A) and a first air sending unit (14). The heating cooking chamber (100A) includes an accommodation space (120) that accommodates an object to be heated, and a first space (130) that communicates with the accommodation space (120). The first air sending unit (14) includes a first partitioning member (14B) positioned between the first space (130) and a first air sending chamber (14A), a first suction hole portion (14D) disposed in the first partitioning member (14B) and configured to suction air inside the heating cooking chamber (100A), and a first blow-out hole portion (14C) disposed in the first partitioning member (14B) and configured to blow air into the heating cooking chamber (100A). The accommodation space (120) is a space that can accommodate the object to be heated and has a predetermined capacity. The first space (130) indicates a space into which the object to be heated is prohibited from entering.

According to an implementation of the present disclosure, a home appliance includes a cabinet defining a reception space therein, a front plate disposed at a front part of the reception space and having an opening part, a door configured to open and close the opening part, the door having a viewing window provided at the door, a sensor assembly configured to detect a vibration and output a corresponding vibration signal, a lamp configured to illuminate an inside of the reception space, and a controller configured to operate the lamp based on the vibration signal output by the sensor assembly.

A method for initiating a safety-critical function in an appliance. The method including receiving a first user input for the safety-critical function via a touchscreen and receiving a second user input confirming the safety-critical function via a first separate input element adjacent to the touchscreen. The operation of the touchscreen can be manipulated externally, directly or indirectly, via wireless communication while a safety-critical function is active. The first separate input element communicates via a wired connection to a control device that is not capable of being manipulated externally via wireless communication while a safety-critical function is active, wherein the control device controls initiation of the safety-critical function. In the method, both the first user input and the second user input are required to initiate the safety-critical function.

A method for preparing a food or a beverage includes inserting a food thermometer into a product to be cooked and transmitting temperatures measured by the food thermometer to a control device.

A disclosed computer-implemented method for heating an item in a chamber of an electronic oven towards a target state includes heating the item with a set of applications of energy to the chamber while the electronic oven is in a respective set of configurations. The set of applications of energy and respective set of configurations define a respective set of variable distributions of energy in the chamber. The method also includes sensing sensor data that defines a respective set of responses by the item to the set of applications of energy. The method also includes generating a plan to heat the item in the chamber. The plan is generated by a control system of the electronic oven and uses the sensor data.

A temperature probe assembly for a cooking appliance includes a receiving body that has a perimeter wall and a recessed surface that is defined by the perimeter wall. The recessed surface includes a plurality of pins. A first coupling member is operably coupled to the recessed surface of the receiving body. A connector is selectively and rotatably coupled to the receiving body. The connector has a body and a plurality of rings disposed on the body. A second coupling member is operably coupled to the body of the connector proximate to the plurality of rings. A temperature probe is operably coupled to the connector via a wire.

A method of operating a cooking appliance includes receiving an input from a user interface of the cooking appliance. The input includes a set temperature. In response to the received input, a heating element of the cooking appliance is activated. The method also includes detecting an opening and a closing of a door of the cooking appliance. The method further includes automatically initiating a timer when the closing of the door is detected.

An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet and a heating assembly for selectively heating the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber has two or more separate regions, and a temperature sensing assembly includes a temperature sensor positioned within each region of the cooking chamber. A switching assembly is coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor and is adjustable between a first position that connects the first temperature sensor to a controller and a second position that connects the second temperature sensor to the controller.

An oven may include a cooking chamber, a user interface, a first energy source, a second energy source and a cooking controller. The cooking chamber may be configured to receive a food product. The user interface may be configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking the food product. The first energy source may provide primary heating of the food product placed in the cooking chamber. The second energy source may provide browning for the food product. The cooking controller may be operably coupled to the first and second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to enable an operator to make a browning control selection via the user interface by providing operator instructions to a selected control console rendered at the user interface. The selected control console may be selected based on a cooking mode of the oven. The browning control selection may provide control parameters to direct application of heat to the food product via the second energy source.