Method of cooking food in a lightwave oven using visible light without vaporizing all surface water on the food

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• irradiating the food by applying power to at least one of said lamps without vaporizing all the surface water on the food and
• then applying reduced radiation to the food by said at least one lamp including applying power to said at least one lamp at a reduced duty cycle and at less power than during the first step of irradiating the food.

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• applying continuous power to at least one of said lamps for a first given period of time for deep penetration cooking with energy in the near-visible and visible ranges without vaporizing all of the surface water on the food for prevention of significant browning and
• then applying power to said at least one lamp at a first lower duty cycle for a second given period of time to continue cooking the food.

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• applying continuous power to at least one of said lamps for a first given period of time for deep penetration cooking without significant browning,
• then applying power to said at least one lamp at a first lower duty cycle for a second given period of time to continue cooking the food, and
• turning off said at least one lamp for a third given period of time between said first step of applying continuous power and said step of applying power at a first lower duty cycle.

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• applying continuous power to at least one of said lamps for a first given period of time for deep penetration cooking without significant browning,
• then applying power to said at least one lamp at a first lower duty cycle for a second given period of time to continue cooking the food, and
• after said power applying step at a first lower duty cycle applying power to said at least one lamp at a duty cycle higher than said first lower duty cycle for a fourth given period of time to brown the surface of the food.

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• applying continuous power to at least one of said lamps for a first given period of time for deep penetration cooking without significant browning,
• then applying power to said at least one lamp at a first lower duty cycle for a second given period of time to continue cooking the food, and
• after said power applying step at a first lower duty cycle applying power to said at least one lamp at a reduced level and at a second lower duty cycle lower than said first lower duty cycle for a fifth given period of time.

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• irradiating the food with full power to said lamps continuously at a full duty cycle without vaporizing all the surface water on the food,
• eliminating radiation from said lamps until water is replenished from within the food onto the surface of the food, and
• then irradiating the food with reduced power to said lamps at a lower duty cycle.

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• applying substantially full power substantially continuously to at least one of said lamps for a first given period of time for deep penetration cooking without significant browning,
• turning off said at least one lamp for a second given period of time, and then applying power to said at least one lamp at a reduced level and at a first lower duty cycle for a third given period of time to continue cooking the food.

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• irradiating the food with full power of at least one of said lamps substantially continuously at a full duty cycle only until substantially all the surface water on the food has been vaporized,
• delaying further application of radiation from said at least one lamp until water is replenished from within the food onto the surface of the food, and then irradiating the food with first reduced power to said at least one lamp at a first lower duty cycle.

The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having at least one high power lamp providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including a significant portion in the near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:

• irradiating the food by applying power to said at least one lamp without vaporizing all of the surface water on the food for avoiding browning of the surface thereby enabling deep penetration of the food by radiation in the near-visible and visible ranges and
• then turning off said at least one lamp until water is replenished from within the food onto the surface of the food.