| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem involved in a conventional heating cooker that in a normal course, it takes a long time of 45 minutes or more to cook rice, and in a time reduction course, rice is cooked in a state that a core is left in the central part of each rice grain though rice can be cooked in about 20 minutes.SOLUTION: A heating cooker includes: an inner pot 31 detachably housed in a body; heating means 32 for heating the inner pot; pressure adjusting means 39 for adjusting the pressure in the inner pot; temperature detecting means 41 for detecting that the inner pot reaches a predetermined temperature; and control means 43 for controlling the heating means and the pressure adjusting means. In this heating cooker, heat is applied to rice at a stretch so that the rice is caused to absorb water, omitting a water absorption process, and the surface of each rice grain is cracked by pressure so that water is caused to reach the central part of each rice grain. In this way, water absorption and heating are simultaneously performed, thereby reducing a rice cooking time, and cooking rice with no cores left in the central part of each rice grain.</p> |
