Patent ID: 8475857

Claim:
A method for guiding at least one food treatment process in a food treatment device, having a treatment chamber, at least one treatment device and a control or regulating device, in order to save energy, the method comprising: using a food treatment process that is divided into a plurality of treatment steps, one of which is selected to be the first treatment step directly followed by a second treatment step, applying at least one of dry heat, moisture or microwaves to food at least during the first treatment step through the treatment device for cooking said food during the food treatment process within the treatment chamber, assigning a first target value to a treatment parameter for the first treatment step and a second target value to the treatment parameter for the second step at the beginning of the process using at least in part the control or regulating device, capturing an actual value of the treatment parameter during the first treatment step by at least one sensor device, and controlling the treatment parameter so that the actual value falls together with the first target value during at least a part of the first treatment step, wherein the treatment parameter is determined from at least one of a first variable relating to the climate in the treatment chamber, determined from the temperature, the moisture or the volume flow of the atmosphere within the treatment chamber, and a second variable relating to the treatment device, determined from an energy supply to the treatment device, wherein the control or regulating device provides: reducing the duration of the first treatment step, or reducing the duration of the regulation of the actual value of the treatment parameter in the first treatment step relative to the duration of the first treatment step, or shutting down the treatment device during at least a part of the first treatment step, or combinations thereof; in case the second target value of the treatment parameter is lower than the first target value of the treatment parameter, such that at the end of the first treatment step residual heat or residual moisture can be used for the second treatment step.