JP2005265382A - Cooking tray - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking tray capable of properly browning a cooked object to achieve high eating quality, improving the cooking efficiency and keeping the inside of a heating cooker clean. <P>SOLUTION: As a bottom plate 3 of this cooking tray 1 is constituted by connecting a plurality of semicircular groove parts 4 extended straightly in parallel with each other in a state that a central point of each semicircular groove part 4 is approximately fitted to a cooked object loading face, the reflected heat can be achieved by reflecting the direct heat from an upper heater of a toaster oven on curved faces of the semicircular groove parts 4, thus both faces of the cooked object are heated by the direct heat from the upper heater and the reflected heat, and the cooking efficiency can be improved. The rear face of the cooked object kept into contact with a projecting part 5 can be properly browned, and good eating quality can be obtained. Further as the drip from the cooked object is dropped in the semicircular groove parts 4, the inside of the toaster oven can be kept clean. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking tray used for a cooking device such as an oven toaster or a microwave oven.

In general, an oven toaster or a microwave oven is used as an appliance for cooking cooked foods at home. The oven toaster is a heating method using heat radiation, and the microwave oven is a heating method using microwave irradiation.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the oven toaster 10 includes a main body 11 that includes a door body 12 that has a space for heating cooking therein and opens and closes an opening provided on the front surface, and upper and lower portions inside the main body 11. An upper heater 13 and a lower heater 14 which are disposed heat sources and a grill 15 located between the upper heater 13 and the lower heater 14 are used. Generally, it is placed on the net 15 and heated.

However, when cooking food such as fish and meat on an oven toaster, if you place the fish or meat on a grill and heat cook it, the drip that oozes from the cooked product will scatter into the oven toaster and the inside will become dirty. Therefore, it takes a lot of time to clean after cooking, which is unfavorable in terms of hygiene.
Therefore, it is often the case that cooked items such as fish and meat are placed on a cooking dish and the cooking dish is placed on a grill and cooked. However, in this method, since only the surface of the cooked food is heated by direct heat from the upper heater, it is necessary to turn the cooked food halfway and heat the back of the cooked food. Unfortunately, the amount of electricity consumed increases and is not economical.

  Patent Document 1 discloses that a cooking surface used in an oven toaster is made of aluminum and the entire bottom surface thereof is formed in a wave shape to improve the heat transfer efficiency from the heater.

Utility Model Registration No. 3077361

  As described above, Patent Document 1 discloses that the entire bottom surface of the cooking surface is formed in a wave shape to improve the heat transfer efficiency of direct heat from the heater irradiated on the bottom surface. Since the placed food is not directly heated by direct heat from the heater, it takes a long time to be baked and the efficiency is low, and there is a possibility that the food is caught on the cooking surface. . Furthermore, there is still room for improvement because it is not possible to attach a burnt or the like that is important for obtaining a texture in cooking to the surface of the food.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can be burnt enough to obtain a texture, improves cooking efficiency, and stains the inside of a heating cooker with a drip from a cooked product. An object is to provide a cooking tray that is kept clean without any problems.

The present invention provides, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 is a cooking tray used in a heating cooker, and the cooking tray is made of metal having high thermal conductivity. A plurality of semicircular groove portions are continuously provided on the surface on which the food is placed, the center point of each semicircular groove portion is substantially coincident with the surface on which the food is placed, and the diameter of each semicircular groove portion is A predetermined multiple of about 1/4 times to about 1 / 2.5 times the distance between the heat source of the cooking device and the bottom of the semicircular groove when the cooking tray is installed in the cooking device. It is characterized by being set to.
By comprising in this way, the reflected heat which the direct heat irradiated from the heat source of a heating cooker reflects in the curved surface of a semicircular groove part is circulated in a semicircular groove part, and cooked goods are reflected by this reflected heat The back surface of is indirectly heated. Moreover, since the part of the back surface of the food is in contact with the ridge formed between the semicircular grooves, the food is not attracted, and the contacted portion has a moderate burn. It will be attached. Furthermore, the drip that comes out of the cooked product during cooking does not fall into the semicircular groove and splash into the cooking device.

The invention described in claim 2 is the invention described in claim 1, wherein the heat source of the heating cooker is an upper heater of an oven toaster, and the diameter of the semicircular groove is the upper portion of the oven toaster. The distance between the heater and the bottom of the semicircular groove is set to about 1/3 times the distance between the heater and the bottom of the semicircular groove.
With such a configuration, the reflected heat formed by reflecting the direct heat irradiated from the upper heater of the oven toaster is circulated in the semicircular groove, and the back surface of the cooked food has the reflected heat and the oven toaster. It is heated by direct heat from the lower heater.

The invention described in claim 3 is the invention described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the cooking tray is made of a thin metal sheet or foil having a high thermal conductivity, and a surface of the surface is made of a peelable material. It is characterized by being coated.
By comprising in this way, a cooking thing and a drip are prevented from burning, and a cooking tray can be reused.

  According to the present invention, the cooked food is cooked with an appropriate finish on both sides, improving the cooking efficiency, and the cooked food is moderately burnt, and a good texture such as a crunchy feeling can be obtained. . Further, the inside of the heating cooker can be kept clean without being soiled by the drip coming out of the food.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
The cooking tray 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is mainly used in an oven toaster 10 which is a heating cooker, and the oven toaster 10 is internally cooked as shown in FIG. A main body 11 having a door 12 that opens and closes an opening provided on the front surface, an upper heater 13 and a lower heater 14 that are heat sources disposed above and below the main body 11, and upper portions thereof. The grill 13 is located between the heater 13 and the lower heater 14. The cooking tray 1 is used by being placed on the grill 15.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cooking tray 1 is formed by pressing a hard aluminum foil or thin aluminum sheet having high thermal conductivity, and is formed in a substantially box shape that opens upward. It consists of a side plate 2 and a bottom plate 3 that extend so as to expand. The surface of the bottom plate 3 is coated with Teflon (R) or silicon, which is a highly peelable material.
The bottom plate 3 of the cooking tray 1 is provided with a plurality of semicircular groove portions 4 that extend in a straight line and in parallel, and a portion where each end portion of the adjacent semicircular groove portions 4 is connected is a ridge portion 5. In addition, the center point O of each semicircular groove 4 and the upper end of each protrusion 5 are substantially on the same plane, and the plane is configured as a plane X on which the food is placed. The ridge 5 is formed in an acute angle shape, but may be formed in a curved surface shape. Therefore, the diameter φ of each semicircular groove 4 is set to a predetermined multiple of about 1/4 to about 1 / 2.5 of the distance L between the upper heater 13 and the bottom of the semicircular groove 4. For example, if the distance L between the upper heater 13 and the bottom of the semicircular groove 4 is 80 mm, the diameter φ of each semicircular groove 4 is about 25 mm, which is about 1/3 times 80 mm. It is preferably set.

Next, the operation of the cooking tray 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The cooking tray 1 on which the food is placed is placed on the grill 15 in the oven toaster 10 and heated. Then, the direct heat (arrow A) irradiated from the upper heater 13 of the oven toaster 10 is reflected on the curved surface of the semicircular groove portion 4 of the bottom plate 3 of the cooking tray 1 to form reflected heat (arrow C). The And, in the space in each semicircular groove 4, the reflected heat (arrow C) of the direct heat (arrow A) irradiated from the upper heater 13 circulates, and at the bottom of each semicircular groove 4, Direct heat (arrow B) is emitted from the lower heater 14.
Then, the food placed on the surface X on which the food to be cooked on the bottom plate 3 of the cooking tray 1 is directly heated by direct heat (arrow A) irradiated from the upper heater 13. Further, the back surface of the cooking unit is heated by reflected heat (arrow C) of direct heat (arrow A) irradiated from the upper heater 13 and direct heat (arrow B) irradiated from the lower heater 14. Moreover, a moderate burn will be attached to the site | part which contacts the protrusion 5 of the baseplate 3 of the cooking tray 1 on the back surface of a cooking thing.
Further, when cooking, the drip coming out of the food item does not fall into the semicircular groove portion 4 of the bottom plate 3 of the cooking tray 1 and scatter in the oven toaster 10.

  As described above, according to the cooking tray 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the direct heat (arrow A) from the upper heater 13 of the oven toaster 10 is reflected on the curved surface of the semicircular groove portion 4. In addition, the cooked food placed on the surface X on which the cooked food on the bottom plate 3 of the cooking tray 1 can be formed can be reflected heat (arrow C). Since it is heated by the reflected heat (arrow C) formed by A) and the direct heat from the lower heater 14 (arrow B), both surfaces of the cooked food can be efficiently heated and cooking efficiency can be improved. Moreover, in the part which is contacting the protruding item | line part 5 of the baseplate 3 of the cooking tray 1 on the back surface of a cooking thing, a moderate burn is attached and a favorable food texture can be obtained. Further, the drip that comes out of the cooked product when it is heated falls into the semicircular groove 4 of the bottom plate 3 of the cooking tray 1, so that the drip does not scatter in the oven toaster 10, and the inside of the oven toaster 10 is It can be kept clean.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the heating cooker in which the cooking tray 1 is used is described as the oven toaster 10. However, the cooking tray 1 is not limited to the oven toaster 10 and is used in a microwave oven. can do.

  Moreover, in the cooking tray 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention, although each semicircle-shaped groove part 4 demonstrated the form connected in parallel with a straight line, as shown in FIG. The groove part 4 is formed in a curved shape in a top view (the radius of the curved part is set to a predetermined multiple of 3/4 to 5/4 times the distance L between the upper heater 13 and the bottom of the semicircular groove part 4), The semicircular groove portions 4 may be continuously provided so that the curved portions 4a face in the same direction (left direction in the figure). As another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, all the semicircular groove portions 4 are curved in a top view (the radius of the curved portion is 3 of the distance L between the upper heater 13 and the bottom of the semicircular groove portion 4. / 4 times to 5/4 times), and each semicircular groove 4 in the left half is continuously arranged so that the curved portion 4a faces in one direction (left direction in the figure). In addition, the semicircular groove portions 4 in the right half may be continuously arranged so that the curved portion 4a faces in the other direction (right direction in the drawing).

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cooking tray according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cooking tray according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the reflected heat of the direct heat emitted from the upper heater. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the oven toaster. FIG. 5 is a top view showing another embodiment of the semicircular groove portion of the cooking tray according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a top view showing still another form of the semicircular groove portion of the cooking tray according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cooking tray 3 Bottom plate 4 Semicircular groove part 5 Projection part 10 Oven toaster (heating cooker)
13 Upper heater (heat source)
X Surface where food is placed O Center point

Claims (3)

A cooking tray used in a heating cooker, wherein the cooking tray is made of a metal having high thermal conductivity, and a plurality of semicircular grooves are continuously provided on a surface on which a food is placed, and each of the semicircles The center point of the groove portion is substantially coincident with the surface on which the food is placed, and the diameter of each of the semicircular groove portions is a heat source of the heating cooker in a state where the cooking tray is installed in the heating cooker. The cooking tray, wherein the tray is set to a predetermined multiple of about 1/4 to about 1 / 2.5 times the distance between the bottom of the semicircular groove. The heat source of the heating cooker is an upper heater of the oven toaster, and the diameter of the semicircular groove is about 1 / of the distance between the upper heater of the oven toaster and the bottom of the semicircular groove. The cooking tray according to claim 1, wherein the cooking tray is set to 3 times. The cooking tray according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cooking tray is made of a thin metal sheet or foil having a high thermal conductivity, and a surface of the cooking tray is coated with a peelable material.

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