A heating element can be moved by a machine, such as a machine including a fan, an actuator, or a conveyor. The heating element can be attached to or embedded in a fan or an actuator. Or, the heating element can be attached to or embedded in a conveyor belt of a conveyor. A combination of a heating element and a mover machine can be further combined with a heat radiating wall. The heating element and the machine can be arranged behind the wall. And, when the heating element and the machine are powered on, the heating element converts electrical energy into heat, which increases the temperature of the wall, and the machine moves the heating element to be next to different areas of the wall. This allows for heat to be distributed more evenly to the wall than it would be if the heating element did not move.

A method of operating an oven appliance includes obtaining a temperature set point, determining, based on the temperature set point, an electric heating temperature range and a gas undershoot temperature limit, the gas undershoot limit being below the electric heating temperature range, determining that a chamber temperature of the oven appliance has dropped to the gas undershoot temperature limit, and operating a gas heat source to maintain the chamber temperature above the gas undershoot temperature limit.

A cooking assembly or method of operating the same may include features for receiving an image signal from a camera assembly of a cooking zone; identifying a cookware item based on the received image signal; and initiating, automatically, care information according to the identified cookware.

A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a first manipulation part, a second manipulation part, an electric heating element for heating an object to be cooked, a switch connected with a relay that is turned on/turned off, and which is for providing power provided through the relay in a turned-on state to the electric heating element according to a user manipulation input through the first manipulation part, and a processor which, based on receiving input of a user manipulation of the second manipulation part, turns on the relay for a predetermined time period.

An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a heating element, temperature sensor, and controller. The heating element may be within the cabinet to heat a cooking chamber. The temperature sensor may be mounted in thermal communication with the cooking chamber. The controller may be configured to initiate a cooking operation. The cooking operation may include directing the heating element according to a predetermined holiday heating cycle during a first holiday occurrence, collecting a plurality of temperature readings from the temperature sensor during the first holiday occurrence as a first temperature group, determining, following the first holiday occurrence, a temperature deviation from a set reference temperature, the temperature deviation being based on the first temperature group, generating a modified holiday heating cycle based on the determined temperature deviation, and directing the heating element according to the modified holiday heating cycle during a second holiday occurrence following the first holiday occurrence.

A method for heating or cooking a frozen food product with a susceptor in a solid state microwave oven includes placing the frozen food product with a susceptor into a microwave oven, heating the food product at a first heating step at a low absorption frequency, and heating the food product at a second heating step at a high absorption frequency.

The present disclosure provides a heating cooker with improved usability. A heating cooker comprising: a heating unit that heats a cooking object; a temperature detector that detects temperature information about the cooking object; a controller that controls the heating unit based on heating conditions including at least a heating temperature and a heating time, and the temperature information; and a communicator that communicates with an external device, wherein the external device receives input information from a user, wherein the communicator transmits the input information received from the external device to the controller, and wherein the controller creates, when the input information is predetermined input information, update information about at least the heating temperature among the heating conditions based on the predetermined input information.

A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.

A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.

A cooking system positionable on a support surface includes a housing having a hollow chamber including an internal cooking chamber for receiving a food item, at least one radiative heating element arranged within the hollow interior and operable to heat said cooking chamber and a convection heater disposed within the hollow chamber and operable to heat the cooking chamber. The cooking system is operable in a convection cooking mode and during the convection cooking mode, the at least one radiative heating element is selectively energized.