Patent ID: 7335388

Claim:
A method of controlling a bread maker comprising a main body having an oven compartment with a front opening, a door to open and close the front opening of the oven compartment, a pair of kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment and winding a mixing bag filled with ingredients for bread thereon, a drum driver driving the kneading drums to rotate, a heater heating the inside of the oven compartment, and a heater driver driving the heater to operate, the method comprising: sensing whether the door is open or closed; controlling the drum driver and the heater driver to suspend the kneading drums and the heater, respectively, when the door is open; and controlling the heater driver and the drum driver to restart the heaters and the kneading drums, respectively, when the door is closed within a predetermined time elapsed since the door is opened.