Patent ID: 7164106

Claim:
A toaster-cum-microwave oven, comprising: a toasting chamber for accommodating a bread product, the toasting chamber including an upper plate in which a plurality of openings are formed and a cover plate disposed above the upper plate; a heating device which, when energized, supplies heat to the toasting chamber; a humidity measuring device, installed in the cover plate, for measuring an inside humidity of the toasting chamber and producing a humidity signal indicating the measured inside humidity; a switching device for selectively cutting or allowing a power supply to the heating device; a controlling device; and an input device for receiving a user's selection for a degree of browning of the bread product and producing a selection signal indicating the user's selection for the degree of browning of the bread product, wherein the controlling device receives the humidity signal, calculates a rate of change of humidity using the humidity signal, compares the rate of change of humidity with a predetermined value, controls the switching device to cut the power supply to the heating device after a remaining cooking time has lapsed if the rate of change of humidity is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, and receives and uses the selection signal in determining the remaining cooking time.