Microwave heating appliance

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a microwave heating appliance capable of achieving a locally concentrated heating in answer to the purpose while achieving a uniform heating in the overall heating chamber in a normal mode. A microwave heating appliance of the present invention includes a microwave generating unit, a waveguide for transmitting a microwave from the microwave generating unit, a heating chamber for housing a heated subject that is heated by the microwave, a rotating antenna for radiating the microwave from the waveguide to the heating chamber, a driving unit for rotating and driving the rotating antenna, a temperature distribution detecting unit for detecting a temperature distribution in the heating chamber, and a controlling unit for controlling a direction of the rotating antenna by controlling the driving unit based on a detected result of the temperature distribution detecting unit, wherein the controlling unit controls a sharp part of radiation directivity of the rotating antenna in a direction decided based on the detected result of the temperature distribution detecting unit to execute a concentrated heating, and the driving unit has a position detecting unit for detecting a position of the rotating antenna.

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