Cooking apparatus and method for controlling same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSoochan LEE, Jaekyung YANG, Hak Soon YANG, Hakjoo LIM, Suyong LEE
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus and a method for controlling a cooking apparatus, the cooking apparatus determining whether or not food is overcooked regardless of the type and weight of the food to be cooked, on the basis of a change in the amount of carbon monoxide generated during cooking, and to minimize the possibility of an overcook determination error.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- a cavity including a cooking compartment, the cooking compartment being configured to receive a food item;
- a heating part configured to generate heat to be supplied to the cooking compartment;
- a gas sensor configured to sense gas generated in the cooking compartment;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the heating part to operate;
- perform a maximum generation determination step of determining whether an amount of the gas generated reaches a maximum value, after the heating part operates;
- perform a minimum generation determination step of determining whether the amount of the gas generated reaches a minimum value, after the maximum generation determination step;
- and
- perform a cooking completion determination step of determining the food item is cooked completely when the amount of the gas generated reaches the minimum value in the minimum generation determination step.
A method for controlling a cooking apparatus including a cavity including a cooking compartment configured to receive a food item, a heating part configured to generate heat to be supplied to the cooking compartment, a gas sensor configured to sense gas generated in the cooking compartment, and a controller, the method comprising:
- a maximum generation determination step of determining, by the controller, whether an amount of the gas generated reaches a maximum value after the heating part operates;
- then
- a minimum generation determination step of determining, by the controller, whether the amount of the gas generated reaches a minimum value;
- and then
- a cooking completion determination step of determining, by the controller, that the food item is cooked completely when the amount of the gas generated reaches the minimum value in the minimum generation determination step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.