CN108926244B

CN108926244B - Electric cooker and cooking method

Info

Publication number: CN108926244B
Application number: CN201710365473.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘化勇
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-05-22
Filing date: 2017-05-22
Publication date: 2021-04-20
Anticipated expiration: 2037-05-22
Also published as: CN108926244A

Abstract

The invention discloses an electric cooker and a cooking method, wherein the electric cooker comprises: the pressure control device comprises a main body, an upper cover, a pressure control module and a controller. The upper cover covers and opens the main body; the pressure control module controls a cooking pressure within the body; the controller is in signal communication with the pressure control module, the controller including a conventional cooking button and at least one staged cooking button for having different cooking pressures within the body. According to the electric cooker provided by the embodiment of the invention, the conventional cooking button and the grading cooking button are arranged, and the cooking pressure can be selected according to the actual use condition, so that the purpose of adopting different cooking pressures for different food materials can be realized, and the grading cooking of the pressure is realized.

Description

Electric cooker and cooking method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to an electric cooker and a cooking method of the electric cooker.

Background

The related art electric rice cooker has only one value of pressure control, and has no problem in cooking rice. However, the same cooking method as that for different food materials cannot meet the requirements of users.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems in the related art. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electric cooker which can realize different cooking pressures.

The invention also provides a cooking method of the electric cooker.

The electric cooker according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: the pressure control device comprises a main body, an upper cover, a pressure control module and a controller. The upper cover covers and opens the main body; the pressure control module controls a cooking pressure within the body; the controller is in signal communication with the pressure control module, the controller including a conventional cooking button and at least one staged cooking button for having different cooking pressures within the body.

According to the electric cooker provided by the embodiment of the invention, the conventional cooking button and the grading cooking button are arranged, and the cooking pressure can be selected according to the actual use condition, so that the purpose of adopting different cooking pressures for different food materials can be realized, and the grading cooking of the pressure is realized.

In addition, the electric rice cooker according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in one embodiment of the present invention, the stepped cooking button includes a plurality of stepped cooking buttons which respectively make the main body have different cooking pressures.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the staged cooking button is a hidden button.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the controller further comprises a hierarchical control button, the at least one hierarchical cooking button being controllable after the hierarchical control button is activated.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the at least one stepped cooking button is displayed after the stepped control button is activated.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the controller further comprises a confirmation button for determining the cooking pressure after one of the stepped cooking buttons is activated and the confirmation button is activated.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the electric rice cooker further comprises: a display part, wherein the at least one grading cooking button is displayed and controlled after the grading control button is triggered.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the conventional cooking button is used to make the cooking pressure in the main body 120 kpa.

The invention also provides a cooking method of the electric cooker, which comprises the following steps: a main body, an upper cover for closing and opening the main body, a pressure control module for controlling a cooking pressure in the main body, and a controller in signal communication with the pressure control module, the controller including a regular cooking button and at least one stepped cooking button for having different cooking pressures in the main body, the cooking method comprising: step S1: determining a cooking pressure, step S2: the heater operates until the air pressure in the main body reaches the cooking pressure and the air pressure in the main body is maintained at the cooking pressure for a preset time and then is decompressed.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the step S1 includes: judging a button to be triggered, proceeding to step S2 if the regular cooking button is triggered, and generating an indication of selecting a hierarchical cooking button if the hierarchical control button is triggered, wherein, proceeding to step S2 if one hierarchical cooking button is triggered; or the controller further includes a confirmation button, and if the confirmation button is activated after one of the stepped cooking buttons is activated, the process proceeds to step S2.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an electric rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an electric rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view of circle a in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a cooking method of the electric cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 and 6 are schematic views of a cooking method according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram comparing pressures in the electric cooker during cooking in fig. 5 and 6.

Reference numerals: the electric cooker 100 comprises a main body 1, an upper cover 2, a pressure control module 3, a controller 4, a grading cooking button 5, a conventional cooking button 6, a grading control button 7, a display part 8, a confirmation button 9, an inner pot 10, a heater 11, a detection device 12, a magnetic field coil 31, a steam valve hole 301 and a floating part 32.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

The pressure control of the rice cooker 100 may have only one value, such as: 120 KPa. There is no problem in cooking rice at this atmospheric pressure. However, the cooking pressure required may be different for different food materials, and if a higher level rice effect is desired, dedicated step pressure cooking is required for different rice or food materials. The electric cooker 100 of the present invention not only realizes non-graded conventional rice cooking, but also can realize pressure-graded cooking, satisfying the requirement of consumers on the pressure-graded top-grade rice effect, realizing pressure-graded cooking and pressure-graded cooking on the same electric cooker 100, so as to satisfy different requirements of simple operation or professional fine operation, such as: the old people hope that the simple operation of one-key operation is good, and professionals need to perform grading fine operation according to different food materials.

An electric rice cooker 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 2 and the accompanying drawings, an electric rice cooker 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the device comprises a main body 1, an upper cover 2, a pressure control module 3 and a controller 4.

Specifically, the upper cover 2 covers and opens the main body 1. The pressure control module 3 controls the cooking pressure in the main body 1. The controller 4 is in signal transmission with the pressure control module 3, and the controller 4 includes a regular cooking button 6 and at least one stepped cooking button 5 for making different cooking pressures in the main body 1. Wherein, the regular cooking button 6 is used for controlling the electric cooker 100 to cook according to a commonly used cooking pressure (for example, the cooking pressure in the prior art, for example, 120 KPa). The step cooking button 5 is used for controlling the electric cooker 100 to cook according to the selected cooking pressure, and the cooking pressure can be selected for different types of food materials.

According to the electric cooker 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the conventional cooking button 6 and the grading cooking button 5 are arranged, and the cooking pressure can be selected according to the actual use condition, so that the aim of adopting different cooking pressures for different food materials can be fulfilled, and the grading cooking of the pressure can be realized.

In addition, the conventional cooking button 6 or the grading cooking button 5 can be selected for cooking aiming at different cooking purposes and different users, for example, the conventional cooking button 6 can be directly used for cooking aiming at the old or the users with relatively weak learning ability, the operation mode is relatively simple, and the difficulty in use caused by complex operation is avoided; and to the crowd that learning ability is stronger relatively, can be according to specific culinary art edible material rotation culinary art pressure, can realize better culinary art effect and taste like this, exert pressure because of the material.

The rice cooker 100 according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

as shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, the stepped cooking button 5 includes a plurality of stepped cooking buttons 5, and the plurality of stepped cooking buttons 5 respectively make the main body 1 have different cooking pressures. That is to say, increased the grade of cooking pressure, to different culinary art food, can select suitable cooking pressure, improved culinary art effect and culinary art taste.

Preferably, the stepped cooking button 5 is a hidden button. That is, the step cooking button 5 cannot be directly viewed, so that people with relatively weak learning ability can use the conventional rice cooker 100 without considering other cooking problems, and for food materials needing step cooking, the cooking pressure can be controlled through the hidden button. Thereby preventing the erroneous operation and facilitating the operation of the electric rice cooker 100.

In addition, as shown in fig. 1, the controller 4 further includes a stepped control button 7, and at least one stepped cooking button 5 is controlled by the stepped control button 7. Preferably, said at least one stepped cooking button 5 is controllable after said stepped control button 7 is activated. That is, the stepped cooking button 5 can be selected only after the stepped control button 7 is activated, so that the functions of the conventional cooking button 6 and the stepped cooking button 5 are unified for easy control.

Preferably, said at least one hierarchical cooking button 5 is displayed after said hierarchical control button 7 is activated. In other words, the staged cooking button 5 is hidden before the staged control button 7 is activated, and the staged cooking button 5 is displayed only after the staged cooking button 5 is activated, thereby further reducing the possibility of misoperation and facilitating the use of the rice cooker 100.

In addition, as shown in fig. 1, a confirmation button 9 may be further provided, if the confirmation button 9 is activated after one of the stepped cooking buttons 5 is activated, indicating that the cooking pressure is selected, and specifically, the controller 4 further includes a confirmation button 9 determining the cooking pressure after one of the stepped cooking buttons 5 is activated and the confirmation button 9 is activated. So that no operation can be avoided.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the rice cooker 100 further includes: a display part 8, wherein the at least one grading cooking button 5 is displayed and controlled after the grading control button 7 is triggered. That is to say, before the hierarchical control button 7 is triggered, the hierarchical cooking button 5 is in a hidden state, and at this time, display or control cannot be performed, and the hierarchical cooking button 5 is displayed only after the hierarchical control button 7 is selected, so that misoperation is further avoided.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the conventional cooking button 6 is used to make the cooking pressure in the main body 1 120 kpa.

The electric cooker 100 of the invention has a common pressure cooking method and a grading pressure cooking method at the same time, a controller 4 is provided with a conventional cooking button 6 and a grading cooking button 5 at the same time, the conventional cooking button 6 is used for controlling the electric cooker 100 to operate the conventional cooking method, and the grading cooking button 5 is used for controlling the electric cooker 100 to operate the grading cooking method. The conventional cooking method is to cook food materials according to a pressure mode uniformly. The grading cooking method is to set different pressures or time T for cooking according to different food materials, so that a top-level cooking effect is achieved.

Wherein the conventional cooking button 6 may be separate, non-recessed, easily visible, and separately operable. Ordinary pressure cooking can be completed only by pressing the conventional cooking button 6 once without pressing other keys, so that the operation is extremely simple.

The rice cooker 100 has a display unit 8 for displaying a plurality of pressure cooking modes, and may be a screen display, a sticker display, or the like.

Referring to fig. 4 to 6, the present invention further provides a cooking method of the rice cooker 100, and the rice cooker 100 may be the rice cooker 100 shown in the previous embodiment.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the rice cooker 100 includes: main part 1, upper cover 2, pressure control module 3 and controller 4, upper cover 2 covers and opens main part 1, pressure control module 3 control the cooking pressure in main part 1, controller 4 with pressure control module 3 signal transmission, controller 4 includes be used for making have different cooking pressure's conventional culinary art button 6 and at least one hierarchical culinary art button 5 in the main part 1.

As shown in fig. 4, the cooking method includes:

step S1: the cooking pressure is determined, wherein confirmation of the cooking pressure may be determined from the aforementioned triggered button.

Step S2: the heater 11 is operated until the air pressure in the main body 1 reaches the cooking pressure, and then the air pressure in the main body 1 is maintained at the cooking pressure for a predetermined time and then is released.

According to the cooking method of the electric cooker 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention, since the cooking pressure is adjustable, the proper cooking pressure can be selected for different food materials, so that the cooking efficiency and effect are improved.

The cooking pressure is determined according to the selected button, and it should be noted that the selection of the button may be manually performed or may be determined by the system itself.

Specifically, the step S1 includes:

judging the triggered button, proceeding to step S2 if the regular cooking button 6 is triggered,

if the stepped cooking button 5 is selected, it is determined that the cooking pressure is the cooking pressure corresponding to the selected stepped cooking button 5, and the process proceeds to step S2.

Wherein, the rice cooker 100 may further include a step control button 7, and one of the regular cooking and the step cooking is selected through the step control button 7 and the regular cooking button 6.

In particular, if the hierarchical control button 7 is activated, an indication is generated to select the hierarchical cooking button 5 (for example, the hierarchical cooking button 5 is displayed, the hierarchical cooking button 5 is lighted, a sound prompt, or other predetermined indication means is possible),

at this time, if one of the stepped cooking buttons 5 is activated, the process proceeds to step S2.

In addition, it is also possible to adopt a method in which the controller 4 further includes a confirmation button 9, and the step S2 is entered if the confirmation button 9 is activated after one of the stepped cooking buttons 5 is activated.

The structure and cooking method of the rice cooker 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, an electric cooker 100 includes a main body 1, an inner pot 10, an upper cover 2, a pressure control module 3, a heater 11, a controller 4, and a detection device 12. The controller 4 is provided with a conventional cooking button 6, a grading cooking button 5 and a display part 8. Wherein the conventional cooking button 6 is independent and non-concealed, is convenient to be visually seen and can be independently operated; the display part 8 can display various pressure cooking modes, and the display mode can be screen display, sticker display and the like. In this embodiment, the pressure control module 3 adopts a magnetic suspension method, and includes a magnetic field coil 31, a steam valve hole 301, and a floating portion 32. The detection means 12 can detect the pressure or temperature in the pan.

Referring to fig. 4, an operation of the rice cooker 100 of the present invention includes: the rice cooker is powered on, a consumer presses a conventional cooking button 6 to press a confirmation starting key, a product works according to a common pressure cooking method, and the rice cooking is finished. The process can be carried out without the step of pressing the start confirmation key, so that the ordinary pressure cooking can be finished only by pressing the conventional cooking button 6 once without pressing other keys, and the operation is extremely simple.

Referring to fig. 4, the second operation of the rice cooker 100 of the present invention comprises: powering on, pressing a grading control button 7 by a consumer, displaying a plurality of pressure cooking modes by a display part 8, selecting one mode by the consumer according to food materials, pressing a confirmation starting key, pressing a selected mode to work by a product, and finishing cooking. The display part 8 in the process can display when the product is plugged, or display after the hierarchical control button 7 is pressed; similarly, pressing the enter key may not be available and selecting the mode is equivalent to starting to operate in that mode.

The common pressure cooking method is the same cooking control regardless of food materials, and the existing products are not described.

As shown in fig. 5, a staged pressure cooking method is exemplified: extremely coarse cereal rice. After a consumer selects 'extremely coarse cereal rice', the rice is subjected to a water absorption process, the heater 11 is heated, the pressure in the cooker is increased, the detection device 12 detects the pressure or the temperature in the cooker, whether the pressure in the cooker reaches Q1 (for example, the pressure Q1 which is obtained by the inventor according to the product test of the inventor and can well cook the coarse cereal rice is 130KPa and can be different) or not is judged, if the pressure is reached, the cooking time T (for example, T is 0-30 minutes) is carried out under the pressure Q1, the controller 4 outputs voltage to the magnetic suspension coil, magnetic force is generated, a steam valve hole 301 is opened, pressure relief is realized, the rice stewing is carried out, and the rice cooking is finished. After pressure relief is achieved, the controller 4 stops outputting voltage to the magnetic suspension coil, the steam valve is closed, pressure in the pot is raised again, the detection device 12 detects the pressure in the pot, whether the pressure in the pot reaches Q1 is judged, cooking time T (T is 0-30 minutes) is achieved under the pressure Q1, the controller 4 outputs voltage to the magnetic suspension coil, magnetic force is generated, the steam valve hole 301 is opened, pressure relief is achieved, multiple times of pressure-changing cooking is achieved, and rice uniformity is improved.

As shown in fig. 6, a staged pressure cooking method is exemplified: and (5) extremely cooking rice. After a consumer operates and selects 'extremely cooked rice', the rice is subjected to a water absorption process, the heater 11 is heated, the pressure in the cooker is increased, the detection device 12 detects the pressure or the temperature in the cooker, whether the pressure in the cooker reaches Q2 (for example, the pressure Q2 which is obtained by the inventor according to the product test of the inventor and can well cook the coarse cereal rice is 110KPa and can be different) or not is judged, if the pressure is reached, the cooking time T (for example, T is 0-30 minutes) is carried out under the pressure Q2, the controller 4 outputs voltage to the magnetic suspension coil, magnetic force is generated, a steam valve hole 301 is opened, pressure relief is realized, the rice stewing is carried out, and the rice cooking is finished.

Wherein, the "extremely fine rice" and the "extremely coarse cereal rice" may be specific names of the cooking buttons 5.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the pressure change in the electric cooker in the two cooking methods ("extremely small rice" and "extremely coarse cereals").

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electric rice cooker, characterized in that, comprising:

a main body;

an upper cover that covers and opens the main body;

a pressure control module that controls a cooking pressure within the body;

a controller in signal communication with the pressure control module, the controller including a regular cooking button and at least one stepped cooking button for having different cooking pressures within the body,

wherein the controller further comprises a hierarchical control button, the at least one hierarchical cooking button being controllable upon activation of the hierarchical control button, the at least one hierarchical cooking button being displayed upon activation of the hierarchical control button.

2. The rice cooker of claim 1, wherein the staged cooking buttons include a plurality of staged cooking buttons, each of the plurality of staged cooking buttons causing the main body to have a different cooking pressure.

3. The rice cooker of claim 1, wherein said staged cooking button is a hidden button.

4. The rice cooker of any one of claims 1-3, wherein said controller further comprises a confirmation button for determining said cooking pressure after one of said staged cooking buttons is activated and said confirmation button is activated.

5. The rice cooker of claim 1, further comprising:

a display part, wherein the at least one grading cooking button is displayed and controlled after the grading control button is triggered.

6. The rice cooker of claim 1, wherein said regular cooking button is used to make the cooking pressure in said main body 120 kpa.

7. A cooking method of an electric cooker is characterized in that the electric cooker comprises: a main body, an upper cover for covering and opening the main body, a pressure control module for controlling a cooking pressure in the main body, and a controller in signal communication with the pressure control module, the controller including a regular cooking button and at least one stepped cooking button for making different cooking pressures in the main body, wherein the controller further includes a stepped control button, the at least one stepped cooking button being controllable after the stepped control button is activated, the at least one stepped cooking button being displayed after the stepped control button is activated, the cooking method comprising:

step S1: the cooking pressure is determined and the cooking pressure is determined,

step S2: the heater operates until the air pressure in the main body reaches the cooking pressure and the air pressure in the main body is maintained at the cooking pressure for a preset time and then is decompressed.

8. The cooking method of the electric cooker as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step S1 includes: judging the triggered button, proceeding to step S2 if the regular cooking button is triggered,

if the hierarchical control button is activated, generating an indication of selection of a hierarchical cooking button,

wherein if a step cooking button is triggered, proceeding to step S2; or the controller further includes a confirmation button, and if the confirmation button is activated after one of the stepped cooking buttons is activated, the process proceeds to step S2.