A cooking appliance includes a control panel which includes a rotary dial for
selecting
and entering control information to the cooking appliance, and a control interface
for providing a prompt to guide a user through a selection process of the control
information. The control information includes at least one of a cooking mode, a
food type, a food weight or size, a cooking temperature, and a degree of doneness.
The cooking appliance is operatively responsive to the selection of the control
information from the rotary dial before and during cooking.