Cooking apparatus and method

Abstract

A cooking apparatus including a cooking chamber for receiving food ingredients. A heater for heating the cooking chamber. An input arrangement to input at least one recipe parameter indicative of an energy requirement for cooking the food ingredients. One or more processors control the heater to heat the cooking chamber at a first temperature less than or equal to 140° C. for a fraction of a cooking time and control the heater to heat the cooking chamber at a second temperature higher than 140° C. for the remainder of the cooking time. The remainder is a further fraction of the cooking time which is less than the fraction. The processors select the cooking time based on the energy requirement, fraction of the cooking time at the first temperature, further fraction of the cooking time at the second temperature. A method for operating the cooking apparatus. A computer program for implementing the method.

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