Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Takushi Kishimoto

Yoshikazu Yamamoto

Kazuyuki Matsubayashi

Tatsuya Mineoka

Hiroyoshi Inoue

Shinya Kudo

A cooking device has, in a cooking chamber thereof, a cooking tray () which is to be placed in the heating chamber () so as to have a gap against a rear portion () of the heating chamber () and on which a heating object () to be heated is to be mounted directly or indirectly, a rear blowoff port () which is provided in the rear portion () of the heating chamber () so as to be positioned on an upper side of the gap and near a rear portion of the cooking tray () and which is communicated with a duct () so as to allow the heat medium to be blown off into the heating chamber (), and a flow regulation structure () provided on a rear side of the rear blowoff port () and arranged to regulate a flow of the heat medium. The flow regulation structure () has, on a lower side thereof, a first guide surface () extending in a direction generally parallel to a horizontal direction.

Cooking device

The heating cooker includes: a heating compartment having a bottom tray mounted at the bottom part; a light source provided on the upper side of the heating compartment; a light-receiving element for receiving light transmitted by the bottom tray out of the light emitted from the light source, the light-receiving element being provided on the lower side of the bottom tray; and a determining part for determining, on the basis of a light-reception signal detected by the light-receiving element, the presence/absence or the size of a heating object placed on the bottom tray in the heating compartment. Thus, a heating cooker capable of preventing leakage of steam and detecting the presence/absence of food in the heating compartment, even when heat cooking using steam is performed, is provided.

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Sakai, Japan

Takushi Kishimoto