Refrigerator with meat aging function and method of controlling the refrigerator

A refrigerator comprising:

• an aging chamber included in a refrigerating chamber;
• a temperature control module configured to control temperature of the aging chamber;
• a humidity control module configured to control humidity of the aging chamber;
• a communication module;
• a memory storing at least one instruction;
• and
• at least one processor connected to the memory,
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:
• obtain identification information of meat product,
• obtain slaughter date information of the meat, based on the identification information of the meat product,
• obtain part information of the meat product,
• generate aging information including an aging level for each aging period of the meat product, based on the obtained slaughter date information and the obtained part information,
• output the aging information, and
• age the meat product at a set temperature and a set humidity.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program, which, when executed by a computer, performs a control method of:

• obtaining identification information of meat product;
• obtaining slaughter date information of the meat product, based on the identification information of the meat product;
• obtaining part information of the meat product;
• generating aging information including an aging level for each aging period of the meat product, based on the obtained slaughter date information and the obtained part information;
• outputting the aging information;
• and
• aging the meat product at a set temperature and a set humidity.