Method for Cooking Food in an Oven

Abstract

A method for cooking food items in an oven is disclosed. A history of instant oven temperatures is initially obtained during a cook of a first food item. A salient representation of the oven temperature history is stored in a non-volatile memory. The salient representation includes multiple average oven temperatures, each selected to represent a summary of the instant oven temperatures at various specific time periods throughout the cook of the first food item. During a cook of a second food item that is substantially similar to the first cook item, the current cook settings are dynamically adjusted during the cook of the second food item based on the results of a comparison between the instant oven temperatures and the stored average oven temperatures in order to duplicate the result of the cook of the first item.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of cooking items in an oven, said method comprising:
 obtaining a history of instant oven temperatures during a cook of a first food item;   storing a salient representation of said oven temperature history in a non-volatile memory, wherein said salient representation includes a plurality of average oven temperatures, each selected to represent a summary of instant oven temperatures at various specific time periods throughout said cook; and   during a cook of a second food item that is substantially similar to said first cook item, obtaining instant oven temperature values at said various specific time periods, and dynamically adjusting current cook settings during said second cook of said second food item based on the results of a comparison between said obtained instant oven temperature values and said stored average oven temperature values in order to duplicate the result of said cook of said first item.   
     
     
         2 . The oven of  claim 1 , wherein said storing further includes storing said plurality of average oven temperatures in a non-volatile memory. 
     
     
         3 . The oven of  claim 2 , wherein said storing further includes storing said plurality of average oven temperatures along with a cook setting that was used to cook said first food item. 
     
     
         4 . The oven of  claim 3 , wherein said storing further includes storing said plurality of average oven temperatures along with a cook setting that was used to cook said first food item under a cook setting name. 
     
     
         5 . A computer-readable medium having a computer program product for cooking items in an oven, said computer readable medium comprising:
 program code for obtaining a history of instant oven temperatures during a cook of a first food item;   program code for storing a salient representation of said oven temperature history in a non-volatile memory, wherein said salient representation includes a plurality of average oven temperatures, each selected to represent a summary of instant oven temperatures at various specific time periods throughout said cook; and   program code for, during a cook of a second food item that is substantially similar to said first cook item, obtaining instant oven temperature values at said various specific time periods, and dynamically adjusting current cook settings during said second cook of said second food item based on the results of a comparison between said obtained instant oven temperature values and said stored average oven temperature values in order to duplicate the result of said cook of said first item.   
     
     
         6 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 5 , wherein said program code for storing further includes program code for storing said plurality of average oven temperatures in a non-volatile memory. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 6 , wherein said program code for storing further includes program code for storing said plurality of average oven temperatures along with a cook setting that was used to cook said first food item. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 7 , wherein said program code for storing further includes program code for storing said plurality of average oven temperatures along with a cook setting that was used to cook said first food item under a cook setting name.