JPH08254319A - Grill device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve operability upon cooking and prevent the failure of cooking by a method wherein a cooking time is selected and set from the contents of a preset time table based on inputs in a cooking food setting means as well as a cooking amount setting means and the output of a temperature sensor while a user is informed of the finish of one side cooking after the cooking time has elapsed. CONSTITUTION: A food to be cooked is set in a vat and the kind as well as the amount of cooking of the food to be cooked are set and inputted by a cooking food setting means and a cooking amount setting means, then, a heat source 35 is operated to start cooking. Subsequently, an initial temperature in a grill case is detected from the output of a temperature sensor 23 while the optimum cooking time is selected from the contents of a time table 42 based on the settings of respective setting means. When the set time has elapsed, a user is informed of the finish of one side cooking by a buzzer 40. According to this method, a user will never be required to supervise the heating condition of the food to be cooked at all times and, accordingly, oprability upon cooking is improved and the failure of cooking can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is incorporated in a gas table or the like, and more particularly to a grill device in which a heat source such as a burner is arranged only in an upper portion of a grill case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a so-called single-sided grilling apparatus in which a heat source such as a burner is arranged only in an upper portion of a grill case,
We decide the cooking time and heat power based on the experience and intuition of the user,
There is a high probability that it will be burnt down or will burn too much and will fail.

In order to prevent excessive burning, it is necessary to frequently look into the inside of the grill to monitor the degree of burning.
There is a problem that you cannot get away from the equipment.

[0004]

Therefore, there are those equipped with a notification timer and an automatic fire extinguishing timer, but in this case as well, the user sets the cooking time based on his experience and intuition, so that the above problems can be solved. Has not arrived.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to automatically set and inform the cooking time of an object to be cooked by a relatively simple input operation.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a bat for placing an object to be cooked is detachably accommodated in a bottom portion of a grill case and a heat source is arranged in an upper portion of the grill case. A temperature sensor for detecting the initial temperature in the interior, cooking setting means for selectively setting the type of cooking target, cooking amount setting means for setting and inputting the cooking amount of the cooking target, and input by these setting means, Based on the output of the temperature sensor, a cooking time is selected and set from a preset time table, and a control means for notifying the end of the one-side cooking after the cooking time has elapsed is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the control means is provided with an inversion detecting section for detecting the inversion operation of the food to be cooked from the output of the temperature sensor, and the cooking time after the inversion operation is set in the time table.

Further, according to the present invention, a stopper is provided at an appropriate position of the grill case to stop when the bat is pulled out to a predetermined position, and the temperature sensor is directly heated by the heat source when the bat is at the bottom of the grill case. It is arranged at a position.

Further, the present invention comprises a cooking power setting knob for switching the cooking material setting means to a plurality of preset positions to adjust the heat quantity of the heat source in a plurality of steps.

Further, according to the present invention, the control circuit is provided with a cooking restart key for inputting the end of the inversion operation of the food to be cooked, and after the input operation of the cooking restart key, the counting of the cooking time after the inversion is started. It is a thing.

[0011]

The object to be cooked is placed on the vat and set in the grill case, and the type and amount of the object to be cooked are set and input by the cooking object setting means and the cooking amount setting means, and then the heat source is activated to start cooking. By starting, the control circuit detects the initial temperature in the grill case from the output of the temperature sensor,
An appropriate cooking time is selected and set from the time table based on the setting by each setting means, and when the set time elapses, the end of single-sided cooking is notified, so that the user can always heat the food to be cooked. It is possible to obtain a delicious cooked finish without monitoring the condition.

After the completion of the one-sided cooking is notified, for example, the bat is pulled out until it stops by hitting a stopper, and the temperature sensor is directly heated by the heat source to detect the temperature rise, which is then inverted. After determining that it is in motion, select and set an appropriate cooking time after reversing from the time table, and when the set time elapses, notify the end of cooking, and after the one-sided cooking is completed, By pulling out the vat, reversing the object to be cooked and pushing the vat into the grill case again, both sides of the object to be cooked can be deliciously cooked by a relatively simple operation.

On the other hand, when the control circuit is provided with a cooking restart key for inputting the end of the reversing operation, the bat is pulled out from the grill case to invert the object to be cooked, and then the bat is pushed again into the grill case to open the door. By operating the closing and cooking restart key to start counting the cooking time after reversal from the operation of this key, the cooking time after reversal can be clocked more accurately.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Reference numeral 1 is a gas table body with a so-called single-sided grill, in which stoves 2 and 3 are provided on the left and right of the upper surface, The grill 4 is built in between these stoves.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an operation panel mounted on the front surface of the gas table main body 1, which is a position corresponding to the front of the stoves 2 and 3 and which is mounted on the stove by a left and right sliding operation, and a grill 4. In the inside of the grill case 8 shown in FIG. 3, the heat control knobs 10, 11 and 12 for adjusting the heat power of the grill burner 9 mounted on the upper portion of the grill case 8 are mounted, and the push-push operation is performed below the control knobs. Ignition knob that blinks each of the above burners 6, 7, and 9 by
13, 14, 15 are arranged.

The heating power adjusting knobs 13, 14, 15 adjust the amount of gas supplied to each burner by operating a gas valve (not shown) provided in the gas passage to each known burner 6, 7, 9. It is a thing.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a bat which is housed on the bottom plate 17 of the grill case 8 so as to be able to be put in and taken out in the front-rear direction. A grill door 20 that opens and closes the front opening 19 of the grill case 8 is detachably connected to this.

When the bat 16 is pulled out from the bottom plate 17 to a predetermined position where the cooked food can be inverted, a protruding portion 21 protruding downward is brought into contact with the rear portion of the bottom surface to stop the pulling operation. A position where the stopper 22 is projected and a position which is directly heated by the grill burner 9 at a position slightly behind the projecting portion of the stopper and where the projection 21 shown by a chain line in FIG. Further, a temperature sensor 23 such as a thermistor is provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 5 is located below the switching position of the heat power adjusting knob 12 for adjusting the heat power of the grill burner 9, and the setting of the high power of the grill burner 9 is performed. Below the picture display 24a that you imagine,
Below the display 25a, which is a combination of the characters "whole" and a picture of a raw round fish, and the same display 24b of high heat power, is the combination of the characters "dry fish" and a picture of a dried fish. Below the display 25b and the pictorial display 24c, which is also similar to the image of low heat, there is a display 25c that combines the words "raw / fillet" and a picture of the raw fillet. A display 26 is provided that combines the letters "and the picture of the key.

Further, the fire power control knob 1 of the operation panel 5 is used.
A plurality of cooking amount input keys 27a to 27d for selectively inputting the amount of the object to be cooked and a cooking resuming key 28 are arranged between the 1 and 12 and the ignition knobs 14 and 15.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 29 is a control circuit composed of a microcomputer or the like for electrically controlling the gas supply to the stove burners 6, 7 and the grill burner 9, and the burners 6, 7, 9 are used as inputs. A flame detection circuit 31 that detects the presence or absence of a flame from the output of the thermocouple 30 that is arranged in the combustion part, a knob position detection circuit 32 that detects the setting position of the thermal power adjustment knob 12, and cooking amount input keys 27a to 27d and , Cooking resume key 28, above ignition knob
A switch detection circuit 33 for detecting the ignition operation of 15, the temperature sensor 23, the dry battery 34 and the like are held at a constant voltage, and when the voltage of the dry battery drops below a predetermined voltage, a power supply circuit 35 etc. And a solenoid valve drive circuit 37 for opening and closing the solenoid valves 36 provided in the gas passages of the stove burners 6 and 7 and the grill burner 9 for output, and for igniting the combustion parts of the burners 6, 7 and 9 above. An igniter drive circuit 39 that drives an igniter 38 that discharges electricity, a notification buzzer 40, and the like are connected.

The control circuit 29 also controls the temperature sensor 23.
From the output of the
According to the outputs of the temperature detection circuit 41 that detects the 16 pull-out operation, the knob position detection circuit 32, and the cooking amount input keys 27a to 27d, for example, the cooking time as shown in Table 1 below is set in advance. A table 42 and a reversal detection unit 43 for detecting a reversal operation of the cooking object by pulling out the bat 16 from the outputs of the switch detection circuit 33 and the temperature detection circuit 41 are provided.

[0023]

[Table 1]

The cooking time shown in Table 1 above is the time at the so-called cold start when the temperature in the grill case 8 is low at the start of cooking, which is the time described in the upper part of each item to be cooked.
Similarly, the lower part is the so-called hot start when the temperature inside the grill case 8 has risen to some extent and the time for heating the back surface after reversal.

When the grill is to be cooked, the bat 16 is pulled out from the grill case 8 and an object to be cooked such as fish is placed on the grill 18, and then the bat 16 is pushed into the grill case 8.

Next, in the case of so-called semi-automatic grill cooking, the heating power adjustment knob 12 is switched to any selected position corresponding to the type of the object to be cooked by using the displays 25a to 25c as a guide, and then the cooking is performed. After the quantity input keys 27a to 27d are selected and the quantity of the food to be cooked is inputted, the ignition knob 15 is pushed in to ignite the grill burner 9.

Then, the control circuit 29 displays the cooking amount input key.
From the input operation of 27a to 27d, it is determined that the cooking is automatic, and based on the initial temperature in the grill case 8 detected by the output of the temperature sensor 23 and the type and amount of the input cooking target, it is more appropriate than the time table 42. The cooking time is selectively set and time counting is started. When this time elapses, the buzzer 40 or the like notifies the end of the one-sided cooking.

Then, when the user knows that the one-sided cooking is finished by the notification of the buzzer 40 or the like, the user pulls out the bat 16 until the protrusion 21 of the bat 16 hits the stopper 22 and stops, and at this position, the object on the grill 18 is covered. After reversing the food, the bat 16 is pushed again into the grill case 8 and the cooking restart key 28 is operated to restart cooking.

Then, the control circuit 29 causes the cooking restart key 28 to
The inversion operation is detected by the operation of, and an appropriate cooking time after inversion is selected and set from the time table 42, and when this time has elapsed, the buzzer 40 or the like notifies the end of cooking.

If the cooking restart key 28 is not provided or the operation of this key is forgotten, the temperature sensor
Due to the rapid temperature increase detected at 23 and the subsequent temperature decrease, it is judged that the bat 16 is pulled out and pushed in, and cooking is restarted.

Further, when the end of the cooking is informed, the electromagnetic valve drive circuit 37 may close the electromagnetic valve 36 to stop the combustion of the grill burner 9. Alternatively, only the notification is given and the user can cook. After confirming the heating state of the object, the grill burner 9 may be extinguished by operating the ignition knob 15.

When the grill cooking is not automatically performed,
After setting the heating power adjusting knob 12 at a position suitable for the object to be cooked, the ignition knob 15 is operated to ignite the grill burner 9 to start cooking.

[0033]

According to the configuration of the present invention, the so-called single-sided cooking time for grilling is selectively set from a preset time table according to the initial temperature in the grill case and the type and amount of the food to be cooked. With this configuration, the cooking time, which was previously set based on the experience and intuition of the user, can be set automatically, and the operability during cooking can be greatly improved, and at the same time, cooking failure can be minimized. It can be prevented.

According to the structure of the present invention, the temperature sensor for detecting the initial temperature in the grill case is arranged at a position where the bat on the bottom of the grill case is directly heated by the heat source when the bat is pulled out from the grill case to a predetermined position. By being configured to detect the reversing operation of the food to be cooked, it is not necessary to provide a switch or the like for detecting the reversing operation, and it is possible to reduce the number of parts and prevent malfunction of mechanical parts.

Further, according to the present invention, the kind of the food to be cooked is set and input by the heat power control knob for switching the operation to a plurality of preset positions to adjust the heat generation amount of the heat source in a plurality of steps, and has been used conventionally. By using the heat control knob that is used, it is possible to simplify the input operation and at the same time match the type of heat source with the heat power suitable for heating it, thereby obtaining a delicious cooking finish. Is.

Further, in the present invention, by providing a cooking restart key for inputting the end of the inversion operation of the object to be cooked, the inversion time is accurately detected and the cooking time after inversion is set, whereby the cooking The finishing accuracy can be further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side vertical cross-sectional view of the same.

FIG. 4 is likewise an enlarged front view of the main part.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Grill case 9 Grill burner 12 Heat power adjustment knob 22 Stopper 23 Temperature sensor 28 Cooking restart key 29 Control circuit 32 Pick position detection circuit 33 Switch detection circuit 42 Time table 43 Inversion detection section

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tsuyoshi Yonemura 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Beef Ming 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An initial temperature in the grill case is detected when a bat for placing an object to be cooked is detachably accommodated in the bottom of the grill case and a heat source is arranged in an upper part of the grill case. Temperature sensor, cooking setting means for selectively setting the type of the cooking object, cooking amount setting means for setting and inputting the cooking amount of the cooking object, input by these setting means, and output of the temperature sensor Based on the above, the grill device is provided with a control means for selectively setting a cooking time from a preset time table and notifying the end of the one-sided cooking after the cooking time has elapsed. 2. The control means is provided with an inversion detecting section for detecting an inversion operation of an object to be cooked from an output of the temperature sensor, and the cooking time after the inversion operation is set in the time table. The grill device according to claim 1. 3. A stopper is provided at an appropriate position of the grill case to stop when the butt is pulled out to a predetermined position, and the temperature sensor serves as the heat source when the bat is at the stop position on the bottom of the grill case. The above-mentioned claim 2 characterized in that it is arranged at a position where it is heated directly
The grill device described in. 4. The cooked food setting means is constituted by a heating power control knob for switching a plurality of preset positions to adjust the amount of heat of the heat source in a plurality of steps.
The grill device according to claim 1. 5. The control circuit is provided with a cooking restart key for inputting the end of the inversion operation of the food to be cooked, and after the input operation of the cooking restart key, counting of the cooking time after the inversion is started. The grill device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein