| 摘要 |
In a cooking device such as a microwave oven which cooks automatically by detecting steam (8) produced from an article (2) being heated with a humidity sensor (12) with a cleaning means, the sensor (12) is cleaned after a cook-start signal is input, the time required until the sensor (12) returns to the operative state is used as the substantial heating time of the article (2), thereby shortening the cooking time. Heating means (3) is operated simultaneously upon the input of the cook-start signal, the heat is stopped or is reduced to a low output immediately before the cleaning of the sensor (12) is completed and the sensor is returned to the operative state, exhaust air (9) containing the steam (8) from the article (2) is forced out, and automatic cooking is then performed with the sensor (12) now in the operative state. Heating continues from the start of cooking, and the air (9) is not supplied to the sensor (12) until the sensor (12) returns to the operative state. |
