Cooking oven with rotatable and horizontally movable turntable

摘要

A cooking oven is provided with a weight detection unit for detecting the weight of a cooking object placed on a turntable. The turntable is movable into and out of a heating chamber associated with the cooking oven by means of a moving unit drivingly connected to the turntable through a lever and connecting rod. A heater and a rotary drive unit for rotating a table upon which the turntable is mounted are controlled according to a signal from the weight detection unit. The cooking oven is also provided with an external input unit for supplying data on the heating operation and on the driving of the turntable. Either manual or automatic operation of moving the turntable back and forth can be selected according to a signal from the external input unit. The cooking oven is further provided with a detection unit for detecting the opening and shutting of its door and a control unit which functions to control the movement of the turntable into and out of the heating chamber commensurate with the opening and the shutting of the door in accordance with a signal from the detection unit for detecting the opening and shutting of the door.