Title:
SOUS VIDE FEATURE IN A MICROWAVE OVEN
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/173027
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A microwave oven (10) and a method of sous vide cooking in the microwave oven (10), the microwave oven (10) comprising: a housing (12) including a cooking cavity (14); a microwave cooking element (30) disposed within the housing (12) to generate cooking energy within the cooking cavity (14); a temperature sensor (36) positioned to sense temperature within the cooking cavity (14) of the housing (12); and a controller (40) disposed in the housing (12), a method of sous vide cooking in the microwave oven (10): initiate a dedicated sous vide cooking cycle in response to user input and after placement of a sous vide container (510) containing a water bath (522) and a food item (534) to be cooked into the cooking cavity (14); monitor a temperature of the water bath (522) contained by the sous vide container (510) during the dedicated sous vide cooking cycle using the temperature sensor (36); and control the microwave cooking element (30) in response to the monitored temperature to maintain a substantially constant temperature for the water bath (522) during at least a portion of the dedicated sous vide cooking cycle; The container (510) include a spacer (550) that is configured to counteract the natural buoyancy of the sous vide bag (532) and retain the bag (532) in a submerged position within the water bath (522), the microwave oven (10) can improve energy efficiency.
Inventors:
STAUN PAUL (US)
ZHANG GUOJUN (US)
ZHANG GUOJUN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2019/093743
Publication Date:
September 03, 2020
Filing Date:
June 28, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO LTD (CN)
International Classes:
F24C7/02; F24C7/08; H05B6/64
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TSINGYIHUA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC (CN)
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