Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a scanning device for reading a tag disposed upon a cooking item, which tag includes cooking instructions, and a network connection for receiving updated information relative to a respective cooking item. Circuitry is coupled to the scanning device and to the network connection for updated and implementing the cooking instructions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 3, 2000
Date of Patent:
April 22, 2003
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
John Anderson Fergus Ross, Kirby Gannett Vosburgh, Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Kristina Helena Valborg Hedengren