Automated Cooking Device and Automated Cooking Method

An automated cooking method using an automated cooking device, the automated cooking device comprising:

• a cooking container including a bottomed cylindrical container body configured to contain an ingredient and a stir member detachably attached to the container body and configured to rotate independently of the container body;
• a container holding unit capable of causing the cooking container to rise and fall in a front and back direction of a cooking counter and configured to allow the stir member of the cooking container to rotate, while holding the cooking container;
• a control unit configured to control driving of the container holding unit;
• and a mechanism for detecting a pivot position of the stir member, the mechanism including a detection object provided near a tip of the stir member and a detector arranged in the exterior of the cooking container and configured to detect the detection object, the automated cooking method comprising:
• a pivot position determining step in which the control unit determines a pivot position of the stir member;
• a stirring cooking step in which in a cooking posture in which the cooking container is tilted backward, the stir member of the cooking container is allowed to rotate to stir and cook the ingredient contained in the container body;
• and
• a plating assist step in which after completion of the stirring cooking step, the cooking container is tilted forward to a plating assist posture, characterized in that
• the stir member is configured such that in the plating assist posture, the tip of the stir member is at a retreat position farthest from a plate placed on the cooking counter.