JPH11230554A - Cooking method using electronic oven - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an electronic oven to cook food under optimum conditions, by mounting a responder provided with a function of sending a cooking procedure program stored in advance, on a package, and receiving and reading the signal from the responder, and operating the electronic oven along the cooking procedure program. SOLUTION: A responder 2 provided with a function capable of transmitting a cooking procedure program being stored in advance with a one-chip IC module comprising an oscillator consisting of an IC chip, a controller, a memory, and a loop antenna arranged to surround these is mounted on a sealed package 1 such as a pouch, a rocket package, etc., made of a plastic. Then, the transmission of a cooking procedure program is performed to the receiver 4 of an electronic oven 3 from a responder 2, by switching on a start button 5, and the electronic oven 3 receives the signal, and reads it, and works in line with the cooking procedure program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking method using a microwave oven.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, various types of cooked foods are sold aseptically in containers made of plastic or the like, and most of them are heated before being provided to food. If the heating method is described, it is possible to directly inject hot water, a boil-compatible one in which the package is left in hot water for a predetermined time, and it can be heated in a microwave oven without including an electromagnetic wave reflecting layer in the packaging material configuration. There are various types such as microwave ovens. Especially welcomed by consumers is
This is a cooked food product that can be heated by a microwave oven, and can be easily heated and eaten conveniently.

[0003] Unfortunately, however, in any of the above-mentioned packages, it has been satisfactory to simply perform a heat treatment. Then, for example, “5
Please heat at 00kW for about 3 minutes. If you do not know how much the output of the microwave oven you own, the setting of the heating time etc. tends to be sloppy and the cooking is "insufficient" And "too cooking" happened frequently.

[0004]

The cooking method using a microwave oven according to the present invention is not simply satisfactory by simply performing a heat treatment as in the prior art. It has been found that many of them have both functions and steam functions.The microwave oven uses a transponder attached to the package to execute a cooking procedure program for optimal cooking of the contents. Receiving (that is, non-contact reading), along with this, it is intended to provide a completely new cooking method in which the cooking mode is switched between a high-frequency electromagnetic field heating, an oven, steam, etc., and cooking is performed by changing each processing time, power, etc. Is what you do.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a package provided with a transponder having a function of transmitting at least a pre-stored cooking procedure program, and a package including the transponder. And read it,
A cooking method using a microwave oven characterized by using a microwave oven having a function of operating in accordance with the cooking procedure program.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the transmission of the cooking procedure program for the transponder is performed by a voltage induced in a receiving circuit of the microwave oven upon receiving irradiation of energy supply electromagnetic waves by a microwave oven. This is a cooking method using a microwave oven.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the start button of the microwave oven is turned on by irradiating an electromagnetic wave for supplying energy with a microwave oven, transmitting a cooking procedure program by a transponder, and reading the cooking procedure program by a microwave oven.
A cooking method using the microwave oven according to claim 1 or 2, which is performed from the operation to immediately before the start of the irradiation of the heating electromagnetic wave.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a package in which a water vapor vent hole is automatically formed by utilizing an increase in internal pressure due to generation of water vapor as microwave cooking progresses. A cooking method using the microwave oven according to Claim 2 or Claim 3.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A cooking method using a microwave oven according to the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a cooking method using a microwave oven according to the present invention, in which a package with a transponder is placed in a refrigerator of a microwave oven with a receiving device, and a start button is turned on. FIG. 2 is a functional schematic diagram of a package and a microwave oven used in the cooking method using the microwave oven of the present invention, and FIG. 2 (a) relates to a microwave oven, and FIG. 2 (b).
Is for the transponder. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a package used for a cooking method using a microwave oven according to the present invention, and a transponder is attached to a surface thereof. Figures 1-3
, 1 is a package, 2 is a transponder, 3 is a microwave oven,
4 is a receiving device, and 5 is a start button.

The package 1 is basically made of plastic and can cover almost all existing sealed packaging forms such as pouches, rocket packaging, deep drawing packaging, tray packaging, cup packaging and the like. As a kind of plastic, polypropylene is most commonly used as a heat-resistant resin, and polypropylene is often used because it is easy to add functions such as sealing by heat sealing and easy-opening properties. The heat resistance of this resin can be further improved (about 20%) by adding an inorganic filler.
The contents thereof include aseptic packaged foods distributed at normal temperature, aseptic packaged foods distributed at chilled temperature, frozen foods, and the like, and specific examples thereof include various instant foods such as rice and frozen gratin.

The transponder 2 is an oscillator composed of an IC chip,
A one-chip IC module including a control unit, a storage unit, and a loop antenna (including a receiving circuit, a rectifying circuit, a capacitor, a transmitting circuit, and the like) provided to surround these components. Receiving, the voltage induced in the receiving circuit is the oscillator described above,
The control unit and the storage unit are operated to output a cooking procedure program for optimal cooking, which is input in advance to the storage unit, to the reception antenna of the microwave oven via the loop antenna. The transponder 2 is attached to the surface of a package or the like and is used integrally with the transponder. A cooking procedure program for the contents of the package is input in its storage unit in advance.

The cooking procedure program is a cooking procedure program for optimal cooking of contents, by switching between a high frequency electromagnetic field heating, an oven, steam, and other cooking modes, and sequentially changing conditions such as processing time and power. In addition to ending the cooking process, the operation of the microwave oven is controlled such that cooking is refused for the package after the expiration date and cooking is not started.

The microwave oven 3 includes a computer-controlled receiving device, storage device, input device, heating device A (for example, high-frequency electromagnetic field heating), heating device B (for example, oven), heating device C (for example, steam),. When the start button 5 is turned on, the receiving circuit of the transponder 2 starts to emit the electromagnetic wave for supplying energy for transmitting the cooking procedure program to the receiving circuit. The cooking procedure program is transmitted to the receiving device, and the microwave oven that receives the signal and reads the signal operates according to the cooking procedure program.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A cooking method using a microwave oven according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to specific examples.

<Example 1> Frozen gratin in a heat-resistant plastic tray on which a transponder was mounted was prepared, placed on a turntable in a microwave oven, and the start button was turned on. . The microwave receiving device reads the cooking procedure program from the transponder, thaws, heats, cooks by changing the oven and cooking mode, and evenly heats up to the center of the contents and obtains a moderately baked gratin on the surface Was. The transponder used at this time was about 15 mm square and about 1 mm thick. The cooking procedure at this time was as follows. Step 1: Place the package equipped with the transponder in the microwave oven with the receiving device. Step 2: ON operation of the start button. Step 3: Start irradiation of electromagnetic waves for supplying transmission energy. Step 4: Transmission of the cooking procedure program of the transponder is started. Step 5: The receiving device of the microwave oven finishes receiving the cooking procedure program. Step 6: End of electromagnetic wave irradiation for transmission energy supply. Step 7: Start cooking. Step 8: Thaw (start irradiation of electromagnetic wave for weak heating-end irradiation of electromagnetic wave for weak heating). Step 9: Heating (Start of strong heating electromagnetic wave irradiation-End of strong heating electromagnetic wave irradiation). Step 10: baking (start of oven heating-end of oven heating). Step 11: Signal of completion of cooking.

<Embodiment 2> A room-temperature aseptic package "Rice" in a plastic tray with a pressure control valve, which is equipped with a transponder, is prepared and placed on a turntable in a microwave oven. , The start button was turned ON. The receiving device of the microwave oven read the cooking procedure program from the transponder, cooked by changing the cooking mode between the weak heating and the strong heating, and obtained the rice heated evenly to the center of the contents. In this embodiment, a package is used in which a water vapor vent hole is automatically formed by utilizing an increase in internal pressure due to generation of water vapor as microwave cooking progresses. 10-16798), a vapor vent hole was formed spontaneously during heating, and the pressure in the package was adjusted. The transponder used at this time was about 15 mm square and about 1 mm thick. The cooking procedure at this time was as follows. Step 1: Place the package equipped with the transponder in the microwave oven with the receiving device. Step 2: ON operation of the start button. Step 3: Start irradiation of electromagnetic waves for supplying transmission energy. Step 4: Transmission of the cooking procedure program of the transponder is started. Step 5: The receiving device of the microwave oven finishes receiving the cooking procedure program. Step 6: End of electromagnetic wave irradiation for transmission energy supply. Step 7: Start cooking. Step 8: Weak heating (start of electromagnetic wave irradiation for weak heating-end of electromagnetic wave irradiation for weak heating). Step 9: Strong heating (start of strong heating electromagnetic wave irradiation-end of strong heating electromagnetic wave). Step 10: Cooking end signal.

[0017]

According to the cooking method using a microwave oven of the present invention, a complicated cooking procedure can be performed simply by placing a package having a transponder mounted therein in a microwave oven and turning on a start button thereof. Thus, cooking can be carried out under optimum conditions, and even elderly people who are unfamiliar with microwave operation can obtain full-scale cooked products. Here, the IC module used for the transponder may be a very inexpensive one-chip IC. Further, in the cooking method using a microwave oven according to the present invention, a case where a package in which a steam vent hole is automatically formed by utilizing an increase in internal pressure due to generation of steam accompanying the progress of microwave cooking is used. Can be safely cooked under optimal cooking conditions without bursting without forming a steam vent hole in advance (as in the case of conventional products).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a cooking method using a microwave oven according to the present invention, in which a package with a transponder is placed in a refrigerator of a microwave oven with a receiving device, and a start button is turned ON.

FIG. 2 is a schematic functional diagram of a package and a microwave used in a cooking method using a microwave according to the present invention;
FIG. 2A relates to a microwave oven, and FIG. 2B relates to a transponder.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a package used for a cooking method using a microwave oven according to the present invention, and a transponder is attached to a surface thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Package 2 ... Transponder 3 ... Microwave oven 4 ... Receiving device 5 ... Start button

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A package equipped with a transponder having a function of transmitting at least a pre-stored cooking procedure program, and a signal from the transponder is received and read to read the cooking procedure. A cooking method using a microwave oven, wherein the cooking method uses a microwave oven having a function that operates according to a program. 2. A cooking method using a microwave oven according to claim 1, wherein the transmission of the cooking procedure program of the transponder is performed by a voltage induced in a receiving circuit of the microwave irradiation for energy supply by the microwave oven. . 3. Irradiation of electromagnetic waves for energy supply by a microwave oven, transmission of a cooking procedure program by a transponder, and reading of the cooking procedure program by a microwave oven are performed immediately after the start button of the microwave oven is turned on and the irradiation of the heating electromagnetic waves is started. A cooking method using the microwave oven according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cooking method is performed during the period up to. 4. The package according to claim 1, wherein a water vapor vent hole is automatically formed by utilizing an increase in internal pressure due to generation of water vapor as microwave cooking progresses.
A cooking method using the microwave oven according to claim 3.