Patent 11993886 was granted and assigned to Whirlpool Corporation on May, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.