US 11,659,629 B2
DC cooking appliance
Michael Reischmann, Eustis, FL (US); and Phillip Williams, Clinton, CT (US)
Assigned to Kenyon International, Inc., Clinton, CT (US)
Filed by Kenyon International, Inc., Clinton, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,760.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,857, filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304118 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 3/68 (2006.01); H05B 6/04 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 3/68 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0709 (2013.01); H05B 6/04 (2013.01); H05B 6/062 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance configured to heat a cooking surface comprising:
a controller;
a direct current (DC) powered heating element wherein the controller and heating element are configured to connect to a source of DC electrical potential;
wherein activation of the DC powered heating element by the controller is configured to heat in the cooking surface which is configured to be located adjacent the DC powered heating element;
wherein the cooking appliance excludes an alternating current (AC) powered heating element and excludes a combustion heating element;
wherein the cooking surface is a grill or griddle defining a grill surface and wherein at a maximum power setting of the controller, the cooking appliance draws less than 40 amps and generates heat sufficient to raise a temperature of the grill surface to 500 deg F. within 10 minutes with a grill lid closed and the cooking appliance positioned in a 70 deg F. environment.