Patent ID: 6011242
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A47J,F24C,G01L,G05D,H05B

Abstract:
The method of cooking food in a lightwave oven having a plurality of high power lamps positioned above the food and a plurality of high power lamps positioned below the food providing radiant energy in the electromagnetic spectrum including the infra-red, near-visible and visible ranges comprising the steps of:irradiating the food by applying power to at least one of said lamps above the food and at least one of said lamps below the food without vaporizing all the surface water on the food for avoiding browning of the surface thereby enabling deep penetration of the food by radiation in the near-visible and visible ranges, andapplying power to at least an other of said lamps above the food and an other of said lamps below the food.