Method for cooking food using steam
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsTamara Distaso, Stefania Fraccon
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Abstract
A method of cooking food, such as fish and vegetables, using steam during a cooking cycle comprises a preheating step where the cavity is heated toward a cooking temperature and a cooking step where the cavity is maintained at the cooking temperature. The preheating step comprises a dry preheating step where no steam is introduced into the cooking cavity and a steam preheating step where steam is introduced into the cavity.
Claims20
A method of cooking food using steam during a cooking cycle with a cooking time in an automated household oven with a cooking cavity, a heating system for heating the cooking cavity, and a steam system for introducing steam into the cooking cavity, the method comprising:
- a preheating step where the cooking cavity is heated toward a cooking temperature, which is greater than the boiling point of water and comprising:
- a dry preheating step where heat is supplied to the cooking cavity from the heating system to raise an air temperature in the cooking cavity to a first temperature, which is greater than or equal to the boiling point of water, without the introduction of steam into the cooking cavity;
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- a steam preheating step where heat is supplied to the cooking cavity to increase the air temperature in the cooking cavity from the first temperature to the cooking temperature, which is greater than the first temperature, with the introduction of steam into the cooking cavity;
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- a cooking step where the cooking cavity is maintained at the cooking temperature.
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