Patent ID: 8314370
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: F24C,H05B

Abstract:
1. A cooking device comprising: a top plate provided on an upper surface of the cooking device; a heating unit operable to heat an object to be heated; a control unit operable to control a heating output of the heating unit for cooking according to a control mode selected from a plurality of control modes, the plurality of control modes including a heating mode for controlling the heating unit to heat the object to be heated based on a predetermined set value for heating output; an operation unit provided on an upper surface of the cooking device; a display unit provided on the upper surface of the cooking device; and a timer operable to count time to heat for a predetermined set time in one of the plurality of control modes; wherein the operation unit includes wherein the display unit includes wherein the numerical value display section is located near the time increasing/decreasing key, the output display section is located near the output increasing/decreasing key, the mode selection key is located on the opposite side of the output increasing/decreasing key from the time increasing/decreasing key, and the numerical value display section is located on the opposite side of the output display section from the mode display section; wherein the operation unit further includes a heating start key; wherein the control unit starts heating of the heating unit only when the heating start key is operated after any one of the plurality of control modes is selected by using the mode selection key; wherein the control unit includes a temperature adjustment mode which is a control mode for controlling the heating output of the heating unit so that a temperature of the object to be heated reaches a predetermined set temperature; wherein when the temperature adjustment mode is selected by using the mode selection key, the display unit displays, on the mode display section, that the temperature adjustment mode is selected; and wherein after the heating is started according to the heating start key following the selection of the temperature adjustment mode, the display unit displays the set temperature in the temperature adjustment mode on the numerical value display section, to enable a change of the set temperature according to the output increasing/decreasing key.