JPH03181714A - Oven with humidifying mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an oven capable of easy adjustment of burning and water scattering with minimized cost-up by providing a perforated partition above a heating means, scattering water above the partition and adding hot wind containing steam on food. CONSTITUTION:After food is placed at a prescribed position within a food housing room 5, a gas burner 2 is ignited, and water is supplied to a water scattering means 4 and scattered through the means 4 above a perforated partition 3. The water scattered above the partition 3 is atomized and easily turned into steam by the burning heat of the gas burner 2. Then the hot steam is made by a fan into hot steam wind, which is supplied through a passage 6 into a food housing room, so that the food is exposed to the hot steam wind. Thus the food is being humidified by the steam during heating. Accordingly the food can proceed in denaturation gradually and completely both outside and inside without being dried up on the surface by a rapid heating.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an oven with a humidifying mechanism that cooks food by adding hot air containing steam to the food.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, ovens include those that are directly heated using combustion exhaust gas and those that are indirectly heated using heat exchange. When cooking in such an oven, the surface of the food becomes dry during cooking, and the surface and inner surface of the food inevitably receive heat differently, resulting in different degrees of cooking. As a means to prevent such problems, it has been adopted to cook food while adding appropriate humidity to it.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, a steam generating means for adding appropriate humidity to the food is required, making the device itself complicated and inevitably increasing costs.

The present invention has been made in view of this problem.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an oven for storing food and cooking it by providing a heating means and a porous partition above the heating means, A water sprinkling means is provided for sprinkling water on the porous partition wall, and hot air containing steam is sprayed onto the porous partition wall.
It is added to the food mentioned above.

(Example and its operation) Next, in the drawings in which an embodiment of the oven with a humidifying mechanism according to the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings, reference numeral l indicates an oven with a humidifying mechanism, and this humidifying The mechanical oven 1 is provided with a gas burner 2 as a heating means and a porous partition wall 3 above the gas burner 2. The porous partition wall 3 may be made of ceramic or metal.

Further, the oven l with a humidifying mechanism is provided with a water sprinkling means 4 for sprinkling water onto the porous partition wall 3. The water sprinkling means 4 may be a water supply pipe provided with a large number of small holes, or may be provided with a nozzle at the tip of the pipe. Furthermore, hot air containing steam is supplied to the food storage chamber 5 via a passage 6 by a fan (not shown).

The operation of the oven l with a humidifying mechanism having such a configuration is as follows.

After the food is stored in a predetermined position in the food storage chamber 5, the gas burner 2 is ignited, water is supplied to the water sprinkling means 4, and water is sprinkled onto the porous partition wall 3. Since the water sprinkled on the porous partition wall 3 becomes fine droplets, it is easily vaporized by the combustion heat of the gas burner 2. Next, a fan (not shown) supplies hot air containing steam to the food storage chamber 5 through the passage 6, and the food is exposed to the hot air containing steam. Therefore, the surface of the food is not rapidly heated, the food is humidified by the steam, and the denaturation gradually progresses to the inner surface of the food without drying. Note that the proportion of steam contained in the hot air can be easily adjusted by controlling the combustion of the gas burner 2 or controlling the amount of water flowing through the water spraying means 4. By changing the proportion of steam contained in the hot air depending on the type and size of the food, cooking suitable for each food becomes possible.Furthermore, a heater can be used as a heating means for the oven 1 with a humidifying mechanism according to the present invention. It is also possible to use

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, food is cooked using hot air containing steam, so that a different dish can be obtained than when cooking by direct heating. Moreover, it can be easily adjusted by controlling the combustion of the heating means or the amount of water flowing through the water spraying means, so it is possible to provide an oven that suppresses cost increases. Furthermore, since the food is not directly heated by combustion, the food does not deteriorate due to oxidation and can be expected to be used in dishes that take advantage of the quality of the food itself. Therefore, it is a particularly useful cooking device not only for home use, but also for commercial use, since various types of cooking can be performed by adjusting the amount of steam.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is a schematic explanatory diagram showing one embodiment for implementing an oven with a pressurized humidifying mechanism according to the present invention. 1... Oven with humidifying mechanism, 2... Gas burner, 3
... Porous partition wall, 4... Watering means, 5... Food storage chamber, 6... Passageway

Claims (1)

[Claims] An oven for storing food and cooking the food is provided with a heating means and a porous partition above the heating means,
An oven with a humidifying mechanism, characterized in that a water sprinkling means is provided for sprinkling water on the porous partition wall, and hot air containing steam is applied to the food.