US 11,852,351 B2
Steam cooking appliance
Steven Swayne, Nashville, TN (US); Brendan McGinnis, Russellville, KY (US); Timothy Turner, Springfield, TN (US); Ashish Ainapure, Hendersonville, TN (US); Cathy L. May, Springfield, TN (US); and Andrew Worley, Springfield, TN (US)
Assigned to Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/193,071.
Application 17/193,071 is a continuation of application No. 15/603,361, filed on May 23, 2017, granted, now 10,969,118.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/341,816, filed on May 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0190326 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. F24C 15/32 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/327 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance comprising:
a cooking chamber that defines an oven cavity;
a reservoir for holding water that is accessible from within the oven cavity;
a convection heating system comprising an electric-resistance convection heating element and a fan for guiding air across the convection heating element;
a reservoir heating system configured to heat the reservoir, the reservoir heating system comprising a gas burner located below the oven cavity; and
a control system comprising a controller, the control system being configured to control the convection heating system and the reservoir heating system to perform a steam cooking operation in response to a user steam-cooking input,
wherein during the steam cooking operation the control system is configured to regulate a temperature of air within the oven cavity by controlling both the convection heating system and the reservoir heating system.