Goldstar, Co., Ltd.

Jae M Kim

Woo J Yang

Jeong T Kim

Byeong W Park

An apparatus for and a method of automatically heating foods in a microwave oven, capable of heating foods at an optimum state even when foods are to be continuously heated, by determining an ambient temperature from a variation in temperature of air introduced in a heating chamber through an air inlet port, determining a temperature increment in a heating chamber of the microwave oven and an amount of food, based on the determined ambient temperature, determining a primary heating time and an additional heating time, based on the determined temperature increment, and then determining an additional heating time, based on the determined food amount. As a result, it is possible to achieve an improvement in cooking performance. In addition, over-heating of the good is avoided, thereby enabling a reduction in electric power consumption and a reduction in cooking time.

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Kyungki-Do, South Korea

Jae M Kim