Patent ID: 7487714
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: A21B,F24C,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A steam cooker, comprising: a steam generator for generating steam; a steam temperature-raising device for raising, by a heater, a temperature of steam generated by the steam generator and supplied from a plurality of steam supply ports to generate superheated steam; one or more steam supply pipes for leading steam generated by the steam generator to the steam supply ports of the steam temperature-raising device; a heating chamber which has one or more steam outlets provided in its ceiling and which serves for heating one or more objects to be cooked; and a steam jet pipe for leading steam generated by the steam generator to the heating chamber and emitting the steam into the heating chamber, wherein the steam jet pipe which is provided within the steam temperature-raising device and whose one end is connected to any one of the plurality of steam supply ports in the steam temperature-raising device and whose other end is bent toward the heating chamber, an opening of the other end being so placed that a projection of the opening onto the ceiling of the heating chamber is positioned within the steam outlet provided at the generally center of the ceiling, and the objects to be cooked within the heating chamber are heated by steam emitting from the steam jet pipe and superheated steam supplied from the steam temperature-raising device and discharged from the steam outlets.