PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC COOKING APPARATUS

摘要

When a door of a microwave oven is opened during a programmed cooking operation, a door open monitoring circuit provides a door open signal to a microcomputer so that the microcomputer interrupts to execute the programmed cooking operation. A control circuit measures time lapsed from the re-closure of the door to provide the microcomputer with a control signal indicative of whether a cooking switch has been operated within a predetermined period of time after the re-closure of the door. In response to the control signal, the microcomputer executes the remaining programmed cooking operation in case that the cooking switch has been operated within the predetermined period of time or clears it otherwise. The function of the control circuit may be performed by the microcomputer.