JPH0425806B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a cooking device in which a pot containing food is moved and the food is automatically mixed during cooking.

(B) Prior Art Conventionally, in cooking devices that use a pot for heating, there is no one that moves the pot during heating and automatically mixes the food to be cooked.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention In conventional cookers that use pots, the user has to use chopsticks or It is necessary to constantly mix the cooked food using a ladle or the like, which is time-consuming for the user. Particularly when a long cooking time is required or when a plurality of cooking devices are used at the same time, the work of mixing the food is a heavy burden on the user.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a heating cooker that automatically mixes food in a pot.

(d) Means and Effects for Solving the Problems The present invention includes a cooking pot, a means for mixing the cooking material formed inside the pot, and an incline of the pot at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal. The heating cooking device is provided with a support means for supporting the support means, a rotation means for rotating the support means, and a heating means for heating the pot supported by the support means.

In this configuration, the food in the pot is heated by the heating means, mixed and stirred by the moving mixing device of the pot, and is automatically heated and cooked.

Preferably, the mixing means is a protrusion provided on the inner wall and/or inner bottom of the pot. Preferably, the protrusion is integrally formed with the pot.
Further, the protruding portion may be press-molded integrally with the pot. The support means is preferably a support stand that supports the pot substantially horizontally, but the support means may be a support stand that supports the pot so that the bottom of the pot has a predetermined inclination angle with respect to the horizontal. .

The moving means may be a rotating means, in which case the rotating means may rotate forward and reverse at predetermined time intervals, or may repeatedly stop and rotate at predetermined time intervals.

Preferably, the heating means is arranged to heat the pot from the bottom.

A sheathed heater, a gas burner induction heater, or the like is used as the heating means.

(F) Embodiments The present invention will be described in detail below based on embodiments shown in the drawings. Note that this invention is not limited to this. In Figure 1, 1 is the lid 2
The top view of the pot is shown in Figure 2a.
A sectional view taken along the line A-A in Figure a is shown in Figure 2b. 3a, 3b and 4a, 4b are protrusions pressed on the inner wall and inner bottom of the pot 1, respectively;
A and 5b are heaters that heat the pot 1 from the bottom. Reference numerals 6 and 7 designate a support stand that removably supports the pot 1 and a motor that rotates it, 10 a shaft that connects the motor 7 and the support stand 6, 8 a heat reflecting plate, and 9 a case side plate. In addition, in order to prevent slippage between the bottom surface of the pot 1 and the support stand 6, the support stand 6 has a protrusion 4 as shown in a plan view in FIG.
A cross-shaped engagement piece 6 that engages with the recess on the back side of a and 4b
a, and the pot 1 is installed on the support stand 6 so that the engagement piece 6a engages with the recessed portion of the bottom of the pot 1. In such a configuration, the pot 1 is taken out from the support stand 6, food to be cooked is placed in the pot 1, and the pot 1 is placed on the support stand 6.
After covering the lid 2, the heaters 5a and 5b are energized to start heating, and the motor 7 is rotated. The pot 1 is heated while rotating slowly, and the food in the pot 1 is mixed and stirred by the protrusions 3a, 3b, 4a, and 4b and cooked.

In addition, in the case of foods with particularly high viscosity, if the direction of rotation of the pot is repeated alternately in forward and reverse directions, or if the rotation and stopping are repeated alternately, forced convection will occur in the food and the temperature distribution will become uniform. It was found to be very effective for long-term simmering cooking.

In this example, the inner diameter is 30 cm, the depth is 15 cm, and the plate thickness is 1.
Using an aluminum pot with a diameter of =10cm, L2=25cm, L3=L4=30
cm, and the inclination angle θ of the protrusions 3a and 3b with respect to the pot bottom is 30 degrees, and the cross-sectional dimension of each protrusion is the fourth
As shown in the figure, W1=30mm, W2=20mm, H=30mm
It is said that Heaters 5a and 5b each have
500W annular sheathed heaters are used, which can be energized separately or simultaneously as required.

Next, I will talk about specific examples of cooking.

When cooking meat sauce for spaghetti dishes, put 1 kg of ground beef into pot 1, add sauce to about half of pot 1, cover with lid 2, and place on support stand 6. While energizing the heaters 5a and 5b, the motor 7 is driven to heat the pot 1.
Heating is performed by rotating at a speed of 4 rpm. The food to be cooked is placed on the side protrusions 3a, 3b and the bottom protrusion 4a,
4b causes forced convection, the meat sauce is cooked without sticking to the surface of pot 1, and a well-cooked meat sauce is completed in about 30 minutes. Further, in order to keep the pot warm, the rotation speed of the pot 1 is lowered to 2 rpm, and only the heater 5a is energized.

Next, when cooking beef stew, put 1.5 kg of beef cut into approximately 1 cm cubes into pot 1, add the stew soup to about two-thirds of pot 1, then cover with lid 2 and support. Load it on stand 6.
The heaters 5a and 5b are energized, the motor 7 is driven, and the pot 1 is rotated forward and reverse at a speed of 12 rpm in a cycle of forward rotation for 5 seconds, stop for 3 seconds, and reverse rotation for 5 seconds to perform cooking. The food in pot 1 is cooked moderately in about 60 minutes by stirring the solids and forcing convection of the liquids by the protrusions 3a, 3b, 4a, and 4b, making the heat distribution uniform. It is then finished as a well-braised beef stew. In order to maintain the temperature further, it is sufficient to rotate the pot 1 at a low speed of 6 rpm in a cycle of forward rotation for 5 seconds and stop for 3 seconds, and to energize only the heater 5a.

Note that the speed and rotation direction of the motor 7 and switching of the heaters 5a and 5b can be set in advance using a timer, and it is easy to automatically switch.

Further, instead of switching the motor 7 and the heaters 5a, 5b at the time set by a timer, a sensor may be provided to detect the temperature of the food to be cooked, and this may be used.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of this invention. The rotation support base 6 of the rotation means is inclined at about 15 degrees with respect to the horizontal,
The bottom of the pot 1 is rotated by a motor 7 while being tilted, and the other configurations are the same as in FIG. 1.

It was confirmed that this configuration improves the mixing efficiency of the food to be cooked, and that even if the height H of the protrusion 3 (Fig. 4) is set to about 10 mm, the same mixing quality as in the above embodiment can be obtained. .

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, heating is performed while the pot having a protrusion for mixing inside is moved.
The food inside the pot is automatically mixed and stirred, the heat distribution is made uniform, and cooking with the pot becomes possible with good cooking quality and no need for human hands.

Furthermore, when the pot is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal, the food is constantly moved due to changes in the gravity acting on the food, which, together with the action of the mixing means, allows for more efficient stirring. Ru.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2a is a plan view of the pot shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2b is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 2a, and Fig. 3 1 is a plan view of the support base shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the protrusion shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention. 1...pot, 2...lid, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4
b... Protrusion, 5a, 5b... Sheathed heater, 6
...Support stand, 7...Motor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cooking pot, a cooking material mixing means formed inside the pot, a supporting means for supporting the pot by tilting it at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal, and a mixing device supported by the supporting means. A cooking device comprising: a movement means for rotating a pot forward and backward at predetermined time intervals; and a heating means for heating the pot supported by the support means.