Cooking device having priority managing unit for first and second heating units

A cooking device comprising:

• a first heating cooking unit and a second heating cooking unit configured to heat a cooking object;
• a mode setting unit configured to set heating modes of the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit;
• wherein the heating modes of the mode setting unit comprises:
• a manual system mode in which a heating temperature level is not changed during heating of the cooking object by the first heating cooking unit or the second heating cooking unit;
• and
• an automatic cooking system mode in which the heating temperature level is automatically changed by operation of a temperature sensor during heating of the first heating cooking unit or the second heating cooking unit;
• a power calculating unit configured to calculate power consumption amounts of the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit:
• a receiving unit configured to receive, from a remote power controlling device, a power reduction request signal that requests a reduction of power consumption that is lower than the power consumption amounts calculated by the power calculating unit, and to receive a power reduction cancellation signal that requests an increase of the power consumption that is higher than the power consumption amounts calculated by the power calculating unit;
• a priority managing unit configured to store reduction priorities for the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit, in order to designate one of the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit for a power adjustment after the receiving unit receives the power reduction request signal, and to store cancellation priorities for the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit, in order to designate one of the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit for a power adjustment after the receiving unit receives the power reduction cancellation signal;
• and
• a power adjustment amount determining unit that, upon the receiving unit receiving the power reduction request signal, is configured to:
• determine a power consumption reduction amount for a lower one of the reduction priorities of the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit, and
• determine a power consumption adjustment amount for a higher one of the cancellation priorities of the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit,
• wherein the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit are each connected to the mode setting unit, and are configured to adjust the reduction priority and the cancellation priority, the reduction priorities and the cancellation priorities have values different values for each heating mode of the mode setting unit, and the cancellation priority of the first heating cooking unit or the second heating cooking unit in the manual system mode has a value higher than the cancellation priority in the automatic cooking system mode.