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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1980
Seiki Yokozeki, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A heating control apparatus includes a vapor sensor for detecting the vapor liberated from the food to be cooked and a microcomputer for controlling the heating sequence in response to a signal from the vapor sensor for automatic heating control suitable for the food. The time T.sub.1 from the heating start to the detection by the vapor sensor of the vapor liberated from the food is counted by the microcomputer. A constant K determined according to the type of food which is determined by cooking tests in advance and which is stored in the microcomputer is selected in connection with the time T.sub.1. The time T.sub.1 is multiplied by the selected constant K to determine the time T.sub.2 from the detection of vapor by the vapor sensor to the end of cooking by heating. The food heating sequence is controlled by the microcomputer, especially, utilizing the facts that the time T.sub.1 is proportional to the volume of the food of the same type and that the constant K is not fixed for the same food but varies with the volume thereof.