Apparatus and method of automatic cooking of buckwheat
US7267833B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B6/6458
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and a method automatically cook food, for example, a hulled grain such as buckwheat, thereby conveniently providing the uniform and optimal cooking quality of the food to a user. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity that contains food to be cooked and water therein, and a heating unit that heats the food and the water. The cooking apparatus further includes a control unit operated in such a way as to heat the food and the water at a preset initial output of the heating unit, first to reduce the output of the heating unit to a first reduced output and allow the heated high temperature water to be absorbed into the food after a first preset time has elapsed, and second, to reduce the output of the heating unit to a second reduced output and cook an inside of the food using the high temperature water absorbed into the food after the water has simmered.
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