Microwave oven which steams food

摘要

A microwave oven which has a simple structure, and steams food placed in a cooking cavity (2) without requiring a separate steaming container. A magnetron (3a) irradiates microwaves into the cooking cavity through a microwave inlet hole (21). A steaming plate (50) partitions the cooking cavity into first and second (e.g. lower and upper) sections. The first section receives a water container and generates steam by microwave heating. The steaming plate (50) blocks the microwaves from reaching the second section but allows the steam to pass therethrough, such that food in the second section is cooked by steaming.