KR19980017918A - Cooking Method of Electric Thermal Rice Cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of controlling the cooking operation of the electric rice cooker to remove the odor of the old rice at the time of cooking with the old rice in the electric rice cooker, to maintain the elasticity of the rice grains, strange smell from the rice when eating the cooked rice In order to solve the conventional defects that do not stick to the cooked rice grains do not give up the appetite of the caterpillar in performing the cooking function and the warming function, during the heating process (S405) to reheat the electric rice cooker to perform odor Eliminating the off-flavor of old rice, including the step (S406S413-3) of removal to maintain the elasticity of the grain of rice to effectively generate a unique rice odor can boost the appetite of the meal.

Description

Cooking Method of Electric Thermal Rice Cooker

The present invention relates to a method of controlling the cooking operation of the electric thermal rice cooker, and more particularly, the electric thermal rice cooker for maintaining the elasticity of the rice by removing the off-flavor of old rice during cooking with the old rice in the electric thermal rice cooker It relates to a method of controlling the cooking operation.

As is well known, the electric thermal rice cooker is provided with the operating conditions for each process according to the respective contents, which is the process is started according to each cooking key operation after the first state that the inner pot is seated is sensed.

The general electric rice cooker, as shown in the block diagram shown in Figure 1, the key input unit 12 consisting of a key for setting the various operating environment of the electric rice cooker having a cooking function and the warming function, and the bottom and body of the electric rice cooker And a sensing unit 14 installed on the lid and detecting a temperature generated by various heaters by a sensor, and a temperature value detected by a key input of the key input unit 12 and a temperature sensor. A microprocessor 10 for controlling the operation, and various heater driving units 16 installed at the bottom and the lid and the body of the electric thermal cooker and operating under the control of the microprocessor 10 to heat the inside of the electric thermal cooker; It is configured to include a display unit 18 for displaying the operating state of the electric rice cooker.

Referring to the electric insulation rice cooker in more detail by referring to FIG. 3, the microprocessor 10 built in the electric insulation rice cooker maintains the standby state when the operation power is supplied (S301), and determines whether various cooking modes are set by key input. It determines (S302).

As a result of the determination, if the cooking mode (refers to Jinbap, Donbap, Ordinary rice, Mixed grain rice, brown rice, etc.) is not set, the standby state is continuously maintained (S301), and when the cooking mode is set, cooking of the heater driving unit 16 The heater, the lid heater and the body heater are operated to execute the set cooking mode (S03).

That is, it is determined whether cooking is complete by controlling the operation time or operating temperature of the cooking heater of the heater driving unit 16, the lid heater, and the body heater according to each cooking mode to perform the cooking mode (S304).

If the cooking operation is not terminated, the microprocessor 10 continues to execute the cooking mode (S303). When the operation of the set cooking mode is terminated, the cooking heater and the lid heater of the heater driving unit 16 are finished. And blocking the operation power supplied to the body heater (S305), and performing an insulation function while detecting an internal temperature of the electric thermal cooker detected by the cooking temperature sensor of the sensing unit 14 (S306) at a predetermined temperature (for example, 75). It is determined whether it is lower than (° C.) (S307).

As a result, when the internal temperature of the electric insulation rice cooker is higher than a predetermined temperature (eg 75 ° C.), the internal temperature of the electric insulation rice cooker is detected again (S306), and the internal temperature of the electric insulation rice cooker is a constant temperature (eg 75 ° C.). If lower than), the various heaters of the heater driving unit 16 are operated (S308) to increase the internal temperature of the electric thermal cooker.

Therefore, since the internal temperature of the electric rice cooker maintains a certain temperature (eg 75 ℃), it is possible to heat the rice stored inside.

Referring to the cooking process of the electric insulation rice cooker in more detail by FIG. 2, first, when the operation mode of the electric insulation rice cooker is set to the cooking mode, supply operation power to the cooking heater and lid heater and body heater of the heater driving unit 16; In this case, the internal temperature is increased by increasing the internal temperature while absorbing water into the rice inside (T1) for a certain time (about 10 to 11 minutes). Increase to).

When the absorption step (T1) is completed, the first heating step (T2) to determine the cooking amount while raising the interior to a predetermined temperature (for example, 75 ℃) to determine the amount of rice in the interior, and then The heating process is terminated while performing a second heating process T3 which distributes the heat quantity based on the cooking quantity determined in the first heating process T2 and raises the internal temperature to a predetermined temperature (eg, 102 ° C.).

Then, the second heating step (T3) is extended to heat the inside to perform a boiling maintenance step (T4) for heating the inside so that the internal temperature rises to the cooking temperature (eg, 130 ℃).

After each process is completed, the cooking process is finished and the process is switched to the next process while performing the steaming process (T5) which heats the cooked rice to a predetermined temperature (about 115 minutes) for a predetermined time (about 12 minutes). do.

However, the above-mentioned conventional electric rice cooker, because it does not remove the smell of the old rice at the time of cooking with the old rice does not maintain the elasticity of the grain of rice, when you eat the cooked rice, the smell of smell, that is, strange smell from the rice The cooked rice grains do not have patience caused the defect that can not appetite the appetizer.

An object of the present invention for eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks is to remove the off-flavor of the old rice when cooking with old rice to maintain the elasticity of the rice grains to improve the performance of the electric thermal cooker.

Another object of the present invention is to improve the reliability of the electric thermal cooker by giving an appetite by effectively generating a unique smell of rice (melanoid phenomenon) when cooking the old rice.

In the present invention for achieving the above objects, performing a soaking process for soaking rice (S401), and performing the first and second heating process for heating the internal temperature to a predetermined temperature (S402) (S403) And, performing the boiling maintenance process for heating the inside to rise to the cooking completion temperature to finish cooking (S404), and performing the moxibustion process for heating the cooked rice to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time (S405) And, in performing the cooking function and the warming function consisting of the step of performing the warming step (S414), performing the step (S406S413-3) to remove the odor by reheating the electric heat cooker during the moxibustion process (S405) It is a well-known feature to include the method in an electric rice cooker.

1 is a block diagram showing a conventional general electric rice cooker operating state.

Figure 2 is a graph showing the cooking process of a general electric rice cooker.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing a general electric rice cooker operating state of FIG.

Figure 4 is a flow chart according to the cooking operation control method of the electric thermal rice cooker for solving the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10 microprocessor 12 key input unit

14 detection unit 16 heater driving unit

18: display portion T1: absorption process

T2: First Heating Process T3: Second Heating Process

T4: Boiling process T5: Moxibustion process

Electric insulation rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention is composed of a key input unit for inputting cooking data, a sensing unit having various sensors, a heater driving unit for heating each unit, a display unit and the like.

Figure 4 is a flow chart according to the cooking operation control method of the electric thermal rice cooker for solving the present invention, in controlling the operation of each heater by the key input or the input of each sensor in performing the cooking function and the warming function, the electric thermal rice cooker Heating the internal temperature to a predetermined temperature (eg 45 ° C.) to perform a soaking process for soaking the absorbed rice (S401), and heating the internal temperature to a predetermined temperature (eg 75 ° C.) when the soaking process is completed. Performing a first heating process (S402), and when the first heating process is completed, heating the internal temperature to a predetermined temperature (eg, 102 ° C.) to perform a second heating process (S403), and the second When the heating process is completed, the step of completing the cooking by performing a boiling maintenance process for heating the interior so that the internal temperature is raised to the cooking completion temperature (eg 130 ℃) (S404), and when the cooking is completed by performing the boiling maintenance process Cooked rice for a certain time (eg 12) Performing a moxibustion step of heating to a predetermined temperature (for example, 115 ° C.) (S405), performing an output standby mode before outputting to the warming step while performing the moxibustion step (S406), and an output standby mode If it is performed, a step (S407) of checking whether a predetermined time (eg, 3 minutes) has elapsed, and if the predetermined time has not elapsed, is performed again in the output standby mode (S406), and if the predetermined time has elapsed, the heater is turned on. Driving to heat the inside of the electric rice cooker (S408), and checking whether the temperature inside the electric rice cooker heated by the heater is above a predetermined temperature (eg, 125 ° C.) (S409), and confirming the result of electricity If the temperature inside the warm rice cooker is a predetermined temperature (eg, 125 ℃) or less continues to drive the heater (S408), if the temperature is above a predetermined temperature (eg 125 ℃) step (S410) and the heater is stopped Find out if the time has elapsed (eg 1 minute) Step (S411), and if the result of the check does not pass a certain time (for example, 1 minute) check whether the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is a certain temperature (eg 125 ℃) or more (S409), and a predetermined time ( Example: If 1 minute has elapsed, the step of checking the temperature inside the electric rice cooker (S412) and the temperature inside the checked electric rice cooker is a certain temperature (eg 110 ℃) for a certain time (eg 10 minutes) Checking whether it is maintained (S413), and if the result is confirmed that the temperature is not maintained for a certain time (eg 10 minutes) at a certain temperature (eg 110 ℃), the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is a constant temperature (eg 110 ℃) Step (S413-1) of checking whether it is abnormal, and if the result of the check is higher than a predetermined temperature (eg 110 ° C), the heater is stopped (S413-2), and if the temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature (eg 110 ° C), the heater is driven ( S413-2) check again if the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is maintained for a certain time (eg 10 minutes) at a constant temperature (eg 110 ° C.) (S413) Constant in time (e.g. 10 minutes), check the result a constant temperature (110 ℃ example) when maintained for showing a made of an step (S414) for performing the insulating process.

In order to perform cooking with old rice by the present invention, first, when the cooker sets the cooking function by operating the key input unit 12, the bottom and the body and lid of the electric thermal cooker with the control of the microprocessor 10 that recognizes this While supplying operating power to each heater of the heater driving unit 16 is installed in the microprocessor 10 is installed on the bottom and the body and the lid of the electric heat cooker as well as key input through the key input unit 12 According to the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor of the sensing unit 11, the electric heat cooker to perform the cooking function by controlling the operating power supplied to the heater installed in the bottom and the body and the lid of the electric heat cooker To make it possible.

Looking at the present invention as described above in detail based on Figure 4 as follows.

When the cooking preparation process is completed and the operating power is turned on, the microprocessor 10 built in the electric warming rice cooker uses the internal temperature of the electric warming rice cooker by a predetermined temperature (eg, 45) by each heater of the heater driving part 13. ℃) to perform a soaking process to call the absorbed rice (S401) and then to drive the respective heaters of the heater drive unit 13 to heat the internal temperature of the electric rice cooker to a predetermined temperature (for example, 75 ℃) The first heating process is performed (S402).

When the first heating process is completed, the microprocessor 10 drives the respective heaters of the heater driving unit 13 to perform a second heating process of heating the internal temperature of the electric thermal cooker to a predetermined temperature (eg, 102 ° C.). (S403) and finish the cooking (S404) by performing a boiling maintenance process for heating the interior so that the internal temperature rises to the cooking temperature (eg 130 ℃).

When cooking is completed by performing the boiling maintenance process, the cooked rice is heated to a predetermined temperature (eg, 115 ° C.) for a predetermined time (eg, 12) (S405).

Before performing the moxibustion process and output to the warming process (S414) to remove the off-flavor of the old rice through the reheating process proposed in the present invention, the process will be described in detail, the microprocessor during the moxibustion process (S405) 10 performs the output standby mode (S406) and checks whether the set time (eg 3 minutes) has elapsed (S407) and if the set time (eg 3 minutes) has not elapsed, resumes the output standby mode. Perform (S406).

However, if the predetermined time elapsed as a result of the check in step 407, the microprocessor 10 drives the respective heaters of the heater driving unit 13 to heat the inside of the electric heat cooker (S408) to the temperature inside the electric heat cooker Check if it is over a certain temperature (eg 125 ℃) (S409).

As a result of the check, if the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature (eg, 125 ° C.), the microprocessor 10 continuously drives the heater of the heater driving unit 16 until it reaches a constant temperature (eg, 125 ° C.). (S408), and if the predetermined temperature (for example, 125 ℃) or more stops the power supply to the heater driving unit 16 to stop the heater (S410) and whether the stopped time has elapsed for a certain time (for example, 1 minute) Check (S411).

As a result of the check, if a predetermined time (eg 1 minute) has not elapsed, the microprocessor 10 checks again whether the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is above a predetermined temperature (eg, 125 ° C.) (S409), and for a predetermined time. If (for example: 1 minute) has elapsed, the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is checked through the respective temperature sensors of the sensing unit 14 (S412).

The microprocessor 10 checks whether the temperature inside the electric rice cooker checked by each temperature sensor of the sensing unit 14 is maintained for a predetermined time (eg, 10 minutes) at a predetermined temperature (eg, 110 ° C.) S413).

If the checked result is not maintained for a certain time (eg 10 minutes) at a constant temperature (eg 110 ℃), the temperature inside the electric rice cooker detected and input by the sensing unit 14 is a constant temperature (eg 110 ℃) ) If it is determined that the abnormality is higher than the predetermined temperature (eg, 110 ° C.), the microprocessor 10 stops each heater by cutting off the power supplied to the heater driver 16 (S413-). 2) check whether the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is maintained at a constant temperature (eg 110 ° C.) for a certain time (eg 10 minutes) (S413), and as a result, the result is below a certain temperature (eg 110 ° C.). When the heater of the heater driving unit 16 continues to drive each heater (S413-2) again to check whether the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is maintained for a predetermined time (eg 10 minutes) at a constant temperature (eg 110 ℃) (S413).

When the result of the check is maintained for a predetermined time (eg 10 minutes) at a constant temperature (eg 110 ° C), the microprocessor 10 performs the warming process according to the set program (S414).

As described above, the present invention removes off-flavor of old rice at the time of cooking with old rice to maintain the elasticity of the grain of rice to effectively induce a unique smell of rice to improve appetite and improve the performance and reliability of the electric rice cooker. Has an effect.

The present invention has been described only with respect to one embodiment of a method of controlling the cooking operation of the electric thermal rice cooker as described in the claims, but the present invention is not limited thereto and its application and modification will be possible in various ways. .

Claims (6)

Performing a soaking process for soaking the absorbed rice by heating the internal temperature of the electric rice cooker to a predetermined temperature (S401); and performing the first heating process of heating the inner temperature to a predetermined temperature when the soaking process is completed. (S402), the step of heating the internal temperature to a predetermined temperature when the first heating process is completed (S403), and when the second heating process is completed, the internal temperature is raised to the cooking temperature Performing the boiling maintenance process to heat the step of terminating cooking (S404), and performing the boiling process to heat the cooked rice to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time when the cooking is finished by performing the boiling maintenance process (S405) And, in performing the cooking function and the warming function consisting of the step of performing the warming process (S414) when the moxibustion process is completed, to remove the odor by reheating the electric heat cooker during the moxibustion process (S405) Cooking method of the electric thermal rice cooker comprising the step (S406S413-3). The method of claim 1, wherein the reheating of the electric heat cooker during the moxibustion step (S405) is performed by performing an output standby mode before outputting the heat retention step (S414) in the moxibustion step (S405). When the output standby mode is performed, checking whether a predetermined time has elapsed (S407), and if a predetermined time has elapsed, driving the heater to heat the inside of the electric rice cooker (S408) and heating by the heater. Checking whether the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is a predetermined temperature or more (S409), and if the result is confirmed that the predetermined temperature or more to stop the heater (S410), and check whether the heater stop time has elapsed for a certain time Step (S411), and if the result is confirmed that a predetermined time elapses, checking the temperature inside the electric rice cooker (S412), and whether the temperature inside the checked electric rice cooker is maintained at a certain temperature for a certain time If the step (S413) and the result of the check is maintained for a predetermined time at a predetermined temperature output to step (S414), and if not maintained for a predetermined time at a predetermined temperature to check whether the temperature inside the electric rice cooker is above a certain temperature. Step (S413-1), and if the result is confirmed that the temperature is above a certain temperature (S413-2), if the temperature is below a certain temperature of the electric rice cooker to return to step (S413) by driving the heater (S413-2). Cooking operation control method. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the output standby mode is performed in step S406, a time for checking whether a predetermined time has elapsed is set to 3 minutes. The method according to claim 2, wherein the temperature for checking whether the temperature inside the electric warming rice cooker heated by the heater in the step (S408) is higher than a predetermined temperature is set to 125 ° C. . The method according to claim 2, wherein the time for checking whether the heater is stopped for a predetermined time is set to 1 minute in the step S410. The method according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined temperature for checking whether the temperature inside the electric thermal cooker checked in step S412 is maintained at a constant temperature for a predetermined time is set to 110 ° C, and the predetermined time is set to 10 minutes. Catering operation control method for electric heat cooker characterized in that.