Microwave oven and method of controlling the operation thereof

A method of controlling the operation of a microwave oven, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) selecting a desired one of a plurality of keys on an operating means to simulate the operation of said microwave oven;
• (b) changing the operation of said microwave oven to the simulated operation in response to said key being selected at said step (a) and then simulating the operation of said microwave oven by selectively using said plurality of keys on said operating means;
• (c) interrupting the operation of a magnetron during the simulated operation of the microwave oven;
• (d) adapting to scale a simulated operating time so that the simulated operating time is less than a set operating time input via the operating means;
• (e) decreasing the set operating time when 10 reference clock pulses have elapsed;
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• (f) ending the simulated operation when the set operating time is zero.

A method of controlling the operation of a microwave oven, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) selecting a desired one of a plurality of keys on an operating means to simulate the operation of the microwave oven;
• (b) changing the operation of the microwave oven to the simulated operation in response to the key being selected in step (a), and then simulating the operation of the microwave oven by selectively using the plurality of keys on the operating means;
• and
• (c) interrupting the operation of a magnetron during the simulated operation of the microwave oven.