Patent ID: 8044326

Claim:
A steam cooking apparatus comprising: a heating chamber in which food is placed; a steam generating device that generates steam to be fed to the heating chamber; and a vapor heating heater that heats the steam generated by the steam generating device; a control device for controlling the steam generating device to generate steam when the steam generating device is selected and for controlling the vapor heating heater heating the steam when the vapor heating heater is selected, wherein the control device controls a first heating mode in which steam is condensed on a surface of the food to produce condensed water so that the condensed water drips, along with a salt content around the surface of the food, down from the food, and the control device controls a second heating mode in which the food is baked or roasted to completion with hot air or radiation heat, and the first heating mode and the second heating mode are combined such that first the first heating mode and then the second heating mode are executed in that order by the control device so that the food is first subjected to salt content reduction and then baked or roasted to completion.