A cooking appliance for cooking a foodstuff over a period of time
including a shell having a heating cavity and a heating element to heat
the heating cavity. A container is removably positionable within the
heating cavity and includes a food cavity for receiving the foodstuff. A
temperature probe is removably insertable into the foodstuff and a
controller is mounted to the shell. The controller controls operation of
the cooking appliance in a probe mode wherein the temperature probe is
inserted into the foodstuff and transmits foodstuff temperatures to the
controller for controlling the heating of the foodstuff, a program mode
wherein the controller actuates the heating element to heat the container
at a temperature for a selected amount of time and subsequently at a
lower temperature and a manual mode wherein the controller actuates the
heating element to heat the container at a selected temperature.