CPC F23N 1/007 (2013.01) [F23N 2227/02 (2020.01); F23N 2235/24 (2020.01); F23N 2241/08 (2020.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
a housing including an oven cavity;
a gas burner positioned to generate heat within the oven cavity;
a multi-level valve system configured to couple the gas burner to a gas supply and to regulate an output power level of the gas burner between a maximum output power level and at least one reduced output power level; and
a controller in communication with the multi-level valve system, the controller configured to, during an oven warm-up operation, control the multi-level valve system to operate the gas burner at the reduced output power level for at least a portion of the oven warm-up operation, wherein the controller is further configured to control the multi-level valve system to automatically change the output power level for the gas burner to a user-selected setting upon completion of the oven warm-up operation.
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