FOOD TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A MICROWAVE OVEN

摘要

A microwave oven has a food temperature sensing probe and a microwave generation control circuit for controlling the microwave generation from a magnetron in a cook time period control mode and in a food temperature control mode. The control circuit comprises a mode selection circuit for selecting one of the two operation modes, a food temperature sensing probe including a plug; and a switching device operatively positioned adjacent to a socket secured by a wall of the microwave oven, the socket being adapted to removably retain the plug. The switching device automatically places the mode selection circuit in the food temperature control mode when the plug is inserted into the socket and is responsive only to the one step positioning of the plug in the operative position within the socket.