Max W Walker

US Patent:

20180338354, Nov 22, 2018

Filed:

May 18, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/984006

Inventors:

- Milwaukee WI, US
John Scanlon - Milwaukee WI, US
Ishan Shah - Milwaukee WI, US
Fei Shang - Milwaukee WI, US
Max Walker - Milwaukee WI, US

Assignee:

Hatco Corporation - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

H05B 6/68
A47J 36/32
A47J 27/00
H05B 6/64
H05B 6/78

Abstract:

A food preparation appliance includes a processing mechanism, a thermal element, a sensor positioned to acquire identifying data regarding identifying characteristics of a food product to be processed by the food preparation appliance, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive the identifying data from the sensor, identify a type of the food product based on the identifying data, and automatically set a predefined operating parameter of at least one of the processing mechanism and the thermal element to provide target processing of the food product based on the type and the identifying characteristics.