Food waste disposer and control method therefor

A food waste disposer to perform a process of stirring, grinding, or heating food waste, the food waste disposer comprising:

• a treating device including a chamber to accommodate food waste, a stirrer arrangeable in the chamber to stir or crush the food waste, and a driving device to rotate the stirrer;
• a heating device arrangeable outside the chamber;
• a cover member to cover the chamber, the cover member including a fan arrangeable to face inward of the chamber and a fan driver to rotate the fan;
• and
• a controller to control an overall operation of the driving device, the heating device, or the fan driver,
• wherein the controller determines an end time of a treating process based on humidity in the chamber and current flowing through the driving device.

A method of controlling a food waste disposer, the method comprising:

• treating food waste in a chamber by stirring, crushing, or heating to dry;
• detecting a humidity in the chamber or a magnitude of a current flowing through a driving motor driven to stir the food waste in the chamber;
• and
• determining whether to terminate treating the food waste according to the detected humidity and the magnitude of the current flowing through the driving motor.