US 11,930,825 B2
Dynamic cooking with limited control authority conveyor compensation
Jonathan Sammon, Oak Park, IL (US); Thomas Wittneben, Chicago, IL (US); Greg Klostermann, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Leonard Zelek, Chicago, IL (US); Nikolay Popov, Naperville, IL (US); and Steven Shei, Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Assigned to Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc., Osseo, MN (US)
Filed by Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc., Osseo, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/090,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/984,626, filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,877, filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127688 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A21B 1/48 (2006.01); A21B 1/40 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01)
CPC A21B 1/48 (2013.01) [A21B 1/40 (2013.01); G05D 23/1951 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat transfer system for cooking multiple diverse food products, the heat transfer system comprising:
a heat source arranged within an enclosure and operable by a controller to emit heat energy into the enclosure;
a first cooking conveyor arranged within the enclosure to a first move food product through the enclosure past the heat source, wherein the heat source directs heat energy at the first cooking conveyor;
a second cooking conveyor arranged within the enclosure to move a second food product through the enclosure past the heat source, wherein the heat source directs heat energy at the second cooking conveyor;
further comprising at least one temperature sensor located within the enclosure, wherein the at least one temperature sensor provides temperature measurements to the controller for use in operating the heat source with the controller to achieve a target temperature at the at least one temperature sensor within the enclosure;
wherein speeds of the first cooking conveyor and the second cooking conveyor are independently controlled to adjust a cooking time of the first food product relative to the second food product;
wherein the controller identifies a limited control authority condition of the heat transfer system upon a detection of a flare-up condition localized to the first cooking conveyor or the second cooking conveyor and operates at least one of the first cooking conveyor or the second cooking conveyor in response to the identification of the limited control authority condition; and
wherein the flare-up condition is localized to the first cooking conveyor, and in response to the detection of the flare-up condition, the controller operates to decrease a speed of the second cooking conveyor.