摘要 |
A method of and an apparatus for controlling a seasoning of kimchi, capable of meeting maximally the user's taste, includes deriving a seasoning condition by a deduction about the load of kimchi to be seasoned, seasoning the kimchi according to the derived seasoning condition, and varying a seasoning time derived based on the user's taste, in a small range. The method includes the steps of closing the damper and driving the heater for a predetermined time when a kimchi seasoning mode is selected, deducing the load of kimchi to be seasoned, from a difference between a peripheral temperature of the heater and an internal temperature of the kimchi seasoning chamber after the driving of the heater for the predetermined time, deriving a normal seasoning condition for the kimchi, based on the deduced kimchi load, seasoning the kimchi according to the derived normal seasoning condition, and maintaining the seasoned kimchi at a predetermined storing temperature after the seasoning of the kimchi at the seasoning step, for carrying out a kimchi storing mode.
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