TrueCookPlus
{{Short description|Microwave oven operating system}}
TrueCookPlus was a microwave oven operating system developed and patented by Microwave Science JV LLC. TrueCookPlus is endorsed by the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association on behalf of over 1300 US frozen food industry member companies.
As of 2019, the website with all the TrueCookPlus codes, TrueCookPlus.com, is offline.
Operation
TrueCookPlus utilizes short numeric codes to control cooking. After the user enters the code, the TrueCookPlus adjusts the cooking to conform to USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service standards for food type, weight, packaging size/shape and starting state; taking into account static microwave oven variables such as wattage, cavity size, wall voltage, hot or cold oven state, elevation above sea level and standing time.{{Cite web |url=http://truecookplus.com/index.php?pg=faq#q2 |title=TrueCookPlus: FAQs |access-date=2009-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194753/http://truecookplus.com/index.php?pg=faq#q2#q2 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} TrueCookPlus operated by utilizing short numeric cooking codes that were assigned to specific frozen food products.
History
In 2008, the first TrueCookPlus licensed microwave ovens were launched in a limited national test market beginning at Best Buy in August, then Sears in September. During this test market phase, Consumer Reports selected the TrueCookPlus equipped Kenmore model #6633 as its #1 Top Rated mid-sized countertop microwave oven.[http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/appliances/kitchen-appliances/microwave-ovens/microwaves/overview/microwaves-ov.htm Consumer Reports: Microwave Ovens]
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090518025442/http://www.truecookplus.com/ TCP Main Page]
=Patents=
- {{cite patent | country=US | number=5812393
| invent1=Steven Jay Drucker
| assign1=Microwave Science JV LLC
| title=Interpretive BIOS machine and method of use thereof
| status=patent | gdate=1998-09-22
}}, expired 2015-05-14 ([https://patents.google.com/patent/US5812393 per Google Patents]); (PDF at USPTO: {{USPTO Patent |patnum=5812393 }})
- {{cite patent | country=US | number=5883801
| invent1=Steven Jay Drucker | invent2=David Raynault | invent3=Victor Murphy
| assign1=Microwave Science JV LLC
| title=Method and apparatus for managing electromagnetic radiation usage
| status=patent | gdate=1999-03-16
}}, expired 2016-05-14 ([https://patents.google.com/patent/US5883801 per Google Patents]); (PDF at USPTO: {{USPTO Patent |patnum=5883801 }})
- {{cite patent | country=US | number=6198975
| invent1=Steven J. Drucker | invent2=David Marcel Raynault
| assign1=Microwave Science JV LLC
| title=Interpretive language architecture for controlling the attributes of a physical chemical or thermodynamic process
| status=patent | gdate=2001-03-06
}}, expired 2019-10-08 ([https://patents.google.com/patent/US6198975 per Google Patents]); (PDF at USPTO: {{USPTO Patent |patnum=6198975 }})
- {{cite patent | country=US | number=6249710
| invent1=Steven J. Drucker | invent2=David Marcel Raynault
| assign1=Microwave Science JV LLC
| title=Method and apparatus for managing the thermal activity of a microwave oven
| status=patent | gdate=2001-06-19
}}, expired 2016-05-14 ([https://patents.google.com/patent/US6249710 per Google Patents]); (PDF at USPTO: {{USPTO Patent |patnum=6249710 }})
Category:Embedded operating systems