Abstract: A method for cleaning an oven may include automatically scheduling a cleaning event to occur during a period of user inactivity, by an electronic controller of an oven, based on an estimated cumulative soiling level and a predicted period of user inactivity. In this context, the cleaning event includes one or more automatic activities configured to clean an interior cavity of the oven. A user is notified of the scheduled cleaning event, by the electronic controller, and the cleaning event is executed automatically. Other smart home components (e.g., ventilation, windows, and/or doors) may be repositioned automatically to facilitate the event.

Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking cavity and a door movable between a closed state and an open state for providing access to an opening of the cooking cavity. The door has a glass surface facing an interior of the cooking cavity when the door is in the closed state, and at least a portion of the door is configured to be retractable into a position adjacent to a wall of the cooking cavity upon moving the door into the open state. The appliance includes a surface cleaning mechanism on the housing and configured to remove debris from at least a portion of the glass surface during at least one of a retraction of the door into the position adjacent to the wall of the cooking cavity and an extraction of the door from the position adjacent to the wall of the cooking cavity.

Abstract: An oven may include an image processing system configured to take images of an interior of a cavity of the oven. Images of the interior of the oven cavity captured by the image processing system are input into a machine learning model trained to identify food items in the image. The oven uses the identity of the food item output by the machine learning model to determine a cooking program for the food item and cooks the food item according to the cooking program. The oven may use the image processing system to monitor the cooking process of the food item and update the cooking program during the cooking process based on the observed progress.

Abstract: A home appliance includes a housing and a temperature probe storage system, such as a deployable storage compartment assembly, configured to store a temperature probe in a position in which the temperature probe is concealed from view in a first instance and visible and accessible to a user in a second instance.

Abstract: A discrete zone energy transmission system is provided. The system includes an object treatment area, an array of energy transmission elements configured to direct energy toward predetermined zones in the treatment area, a sensor configured to detect a presence and a location of an object in the treatment area, and a controller in communication with the array of energy transmission elements and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive presence and location data from the sensor, assign the data to the predetermined zones, and control an operation of the array of energy transmission elements to selectively radiate energy from the array of energy transmission elements only toward a select number of zones in the object treatment area based on the presence and location data, thereby selectively radiating the energy from the array of energy transmission elements only toward the object in the treatment area.

Abstract: A gas cooktop may include: a gas burner; a sensor configured to sense temperature of a cooking container heated by the gas burner; a valve configured to control flow rate of gas from a gas source to the gas burner; and a control system including circuitry. The control system may start operation of the gas burner; receive sensor signals from the sensor indicating the temperature of the cooking container; and based on received sensor signals representing the sensed temperature of the cooking container and a cooking profile indicating one or more durations and one or more temperatures, control the valve to change the gas flow rate to the gas burner.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a kitchen ventilation system to be installed in an opening in a wall, including a removable panel and a fan. The removable panel is disposed within an inner perimeter of the opening such that at least one airflow gap is formed between an outer perimeter of the panel and the inner perimeter of the opening and the fan is in fluid communication with the opening in the wall. The removable panel comprises a planar expanse and a raised lip around the outer perimeter, such that the panel is configured to hold one or more wall covering materials secured thereon.

Abstract: A gas cooktop may include: a gas burner; a sensor configured to sense temperature of a cooking container heated by the gas burner; a valve configured to control flow rate of gas from a gas source to the gas burner; and a control system including circuitry. The control system may start operation of the gas burner; receive sensor signals from the sensor indicating the temperature of the cooking container; and based on received sensor signals representing the sensed temperature of the cooking container and a cooking profile indicating one or more durations and one or more temperatures, control the valve to change the gas flow rate to the gas burner.

Abstract: A domestic cooking appliance for heating a food item includes a main housing; a cooking compartment in the main housing, the cooking compartment being configured to receive the food item to be heated; a shelf located in the cooking compartment and configured to support the food item to be heated; a gas burner configured to provide heat to the cooking compartment; and a perforated panel located between the gas burner and the shelf, the perforated panel having a plurality of openings.

Abstract: A cooking appliance including a cooking vessel temperature monitoring and fire prevention system, including a gas burner, a cooking vessel support configured to support a cooking vessel above the gas burner, a temperature sensor integrated with the cooking vessel support, the temperature sensor configured to be in thermal contact with the cooking vessel supported on the cooking vessel support and to detect the temperature of the cooking vessel, a control unit configured to control an operation of the cooking appliance based on the temperature of the cooking vessel detected by the temperature sensor, and a passive wireless connection between the temperature sensor and the control unit, the passive wireless connection including a transponder circuit integrated with the cooking vessel support and in communication with the temperature sensor, and a reader circuit spaced a distance away from the transponder circuit, the reader circuit in communication with the control unit.

Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a gas surface cooking unit and a gas cooktop fire prevention system. The gas surface cooking unit includes a gas burner, a support surface configured to support a cooking vessel above the gas burner, a cooktop floor below the gas burner, and a gas supply line supplying gas to the gas burner. The gas cooktop fire prevention system includes a solenoid valve on the gas supply line and a gas supply cutoff unit configured to detect a temperature of the cooktop floor and close the solenoid valve when the detected temperature of the cooktop floor is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold temperature of the cooktop floor, thereby cutting off a supply of the gas through the gas supply line to the gas burner.

Abstract: A cooking appliance including a cooking vessel temperature monitoring and fire prevention system, including a gas burner, a cooking vessel support configured to support a cooking vessel above the gas burner, a temperature sensor integrated with the cooking vessel support, the temperature sensor configured to be in thermal contact with the cooking vessel supported on the cooking vessel support and to detect the temperature of the cooking vessel, a control unit configured to control an operation of the cooking appliance based on the temperature of the cooking vessel detected by the temperature sensor, and a passive wireless connection between the temperature sensor and the control unit, the passive wireless connection including a transponder circuit integrated with the cooking vessel support and in communication with the temperature sensor, and a reader circuit spaced a distance away from the transponder circuit, the reader circuit in communication with the control unit.

Abstract: A cooking appliance including a cooking vessel temperature monitoring and fire prevention system, includes a gas burner, a cooking vessel support configured to support a cooking vessel above the gas burner, a temperature sensor integrated with the cooking vessel support, the temperature sensor configured to be in thermal contact with the cooking vessel supported on the cooking vessel support and to detect a temperature of the cooking vessel, and a thermal insulation integrated with the support and separating the temperature sensor from the cooking vessel support.

Abstract: A cooktop ventilation appliance or system for providing ventilation for a domestic cooking appliance, includes a housing configured to communicate with a ventilation device to convey air from an environment around the domestic cooking appliance into the housing, and a smoke detection and alarm system including at least one sensor configured to detect a density of particles in the air conveyed by the ventilation device, and a control unit in communication with the at least one sensor. The control unit is configured to compare the density of particles detected by the at least one sensor to a predetermined threshold particle density at a given air speed of the air being conveyed and activate an alarm if the density of particles detected by the at least one sensor exceeds the predetermined threshold particle density for the given air speed.