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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1980
Keijiro Mori, Nara, JP;
Shigeru Kusunoki, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Kazunari Nishii, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Tomotaka Nobue, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Takato Kanazawa, deceased, late of Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A food heating method and apparatus are disclosed in which a heating time length suitable to the food to be cooked is determined by automatically detecting a change in humidity or concentration of the vapor or gas respectively liberated from the food. The initial temperature of the food is measured, and an additional heating time length is calculated from the measured initial temperature and the heating time length required before the detection of the humidity or gas concentration as the case may be, thus determining a total heating time length for properly cooking up the food.