Patent ID: 8883234

Claim:
A method of controlling a microwave oven including a fermenter, the fermenter being provided at one side of the microwave oven, the method comprising: receiving a predetermined fermentation temperature and a predetermined fermenting time from a controller; detecting, an initial temperature of food to be fermented by a temperature sensor, which is accommodated in a fermenting chamber of the fermenter; calculating a time interval taken to heat the food from the detected initial temperature to the predetermined fermentation temperature, by the controller; controlling irradiation of microwaves into a cooking chamber of the microwave oven during the calculated time interval to heat food received in the cooking chamber, by the controller; controlling operation of a fermenting heater, by the controller, when a temperature of the food reaches the predetermined fermentation temperature; and stopping the fermenting heater, by the controller, when the fermenting heater is operated for the predetermined fermenting time.