High efficiency oven and method of use
A high efficiency oven is disclosed. An exemplary high efficiency oven includes two or more infrared heating elements selected to generate different wavelengths in an oven cavity, a temperature sensor, and a system controller.
1. A counter-top oven, comprising:
an oven cavity having at least one interior wall,
a food rack removably positioned within the oven cavity,
at least one medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element positioned within the oven cavity,
at least one reflector positioned between the at least one medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element and the food rack, and further adapted to reflect radiant heat from the at least one medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element to the food rack,
at least one short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element positioned within the oven cavity,
at least one reflector positioned between the at least one short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element and the food rack, and further adapted to reflect radiant heat from the at least one short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element to the interior wall of the oven cavity,
a system controller in electrical communication with the at least one medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element and the at least one short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element,
a user interface in electrical communication with the system controller,
a memory coupled to the system controller, wherein the memory contains a database of cooking routines stored in the memory for use by the system controller to control the operation of the at least one medium spectrum wavelength heating element and the at least one short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element, wherein each cooking routine corresponds to a variable temperature profile for the oven cavity,
a temperature sensor positioned in proximity to the oven cavity in electrical communication with the system controller,
wherein the system controller can control the operation of the at least one medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element and the operation of the at least one short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element based on at least one of the variable temperature profiles.
2. The counter-top oven of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element positioned within the oven cavity,
at second reflector positioned in proximity to the second medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element and adapted to reflected radiant heat from the second medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element to the food rack,
a second short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element positioned within the oven cavity,
a second reflector positioned in proximity to the second short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element and adapted to reflected radiant heat from the second short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element to the interior wall of the oven cavity,
wherein the system controller can also control the operation of the second medium spectrum wavelength infrared heating element and the operation of the second short spectrum wavelength infrared heating element based on the variable temperature profile.
3. The counter-top oven of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is adapted to allow the system controller to receive an indication of a selected cooking routine from a user.
4. The counter-top oven of claim 1 , wherein a user interface is adapted to display certain user adjustable cooking values corresponding to the selected cooking routine.
5. The counter-top oven of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is adapted to receive an indication of an adjusted user adjustable cooking value from a user.
6. The counter-top oven of claim 1 , further comprising a first relay electrically coupled to the at least one medium wavelength infrared heating element and in electrical communication with the system controller.
7. The counter-top oven of claim 1 , further comprising a second relay electrically coupled to the at least one short wave infrared heating element and in electrical communication with the system controller.
8. The counter-top oven of claim 7 , further comprising a master relay electrically coupled to the first relay and the second relay and in electrical communication with the system controller.
9. The counter-top oven of claim 1 , further comprising a rotisserie motor in electrical communication with the system controller.
10. The counter-top oven of claim 2 , wherein the medium spectrum infrared heating elements are Halogen tubes capable of emitting medium spectrum wavelengths.
11. The counter-top oven of claim 2 , wherein the short wave spectrum infrared heating elements are quartz tube assembles capable of emitting short spectrum wavelengths.