Method for controlling a microwave oven, microwave oven and its use for cooking or heating food in accordance with the method

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EP 0 688 146 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/45

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	20.12.1995 Bulletin 1995/51

(21)	Application number: 95104003.9

(22)	Date of filing: 18.03.1995

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: H05B 6/68, H05B 6/80

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE FR GB GR IT LI

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Priority:

13.06.1994 SE 9402161

(71)	Applicant: WHIRLPOOL EUROPE B.V.
	NL-5507 SK Veldhoven (NL)

(72)	Inventors:
	Idebro, Mats Gunnar, c/o Whirlpool Italia s.r.l. I-21024 Biandronno (VA) (IT) Kidblad, Ina Birgitta c/o Whirlpool Italia s.r.l. I-21024 Biandronno (VA) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Guerci, Alessandro
	Whirlpool Europe S.r.l. Patent Department Località Cassinetta I-21024 Biandronno (VA) I-21024 Biandronno (VA) (IT)

(54)	Method for controlling a microwave oven, microwave oven and its use for cooking or heating food in accordance with the method

(57) A method for controlling a microwave oven, a microwave oven and its use for automatic cooking or heating of food are disclosed. Food-category information, which is based on the type of food and its initial state, is supplied to the oven for the selection of a corresponding preprogrammed control program. The control program is divided into time periods, during which the microwave radiation source of the oven, a microwave-activable crisp plate (4) and a grill element, if any, are activated at power levels determined by the program. The implementation of the program is monitored by one or more sensors for sensing humidity emission or other substance emission from the food and/or the temperature of the food.

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