JPH0558690B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a household smoker for producing smoked food by smoking foods, and particularly relates to control of a smoke generating heater.

[Conventional technology]

For home smokers, there are two methods: the direct combustion method, in which the smoking material is directly burned inside the smoker, and the other is the direct combustion method, in which an electric heater is installed inside the smoker, and the smoking material (wood chips) is placed in this heater. There is an electric heating method in which a smoking tray is placed and heated to incompletely burn the smoking material.

However, in the above-mentioned direct combustion type, temperature control inside the refrigerator and generation of smoke must be left to human hands, and there is a disadvantage that temperature control and smoke control cannot be performed separately. In addition, since it is directly combusted, it has the disadvantage that it cannot be used indoors. On the other hand, in the electric type, the temperature inside the refrigerator is controlled by
This can be done by a machine by using a temperature regulator, but since it serves both as a heater for heating the refrigerator and a heater for generating smoke, if the heater is turned off to adjust the temperature inside the refrigerator, the smoke will also stop.

In addition, at the initial stage of smoking, the smoking tray had poor heat conduction, so it took a long time for smoke to be generated, reducing efficiency. Therefore, in order to shorten the rise time of smoke generation, there are disadvantages such as the need to increase the capacity of the heater more than necessary. Therefore, the inventors separated the heater for heating the inside of the refrigerator and the heater for generating smoke, and then housed the heater for generating smoke integrally in a heat-resistant container, and each heater was detachable. He proposed a smoker that could be controlled separately. (Japanese Patent Application No. 62-240131) [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, in Japanese Patent Application No. 62-240131, the heater for heating the refrigerator and the heater for generating smoke are made independent, but If there is only a single smoke generating heater, there is a problem in that it is difficult to generate smoke for a long time.

In other words, if you try to generate smoke for a long time,
The size of the smoke generation heater must be increased and a large amount of smoking material will be used, but since there is only one heater, it is not possible to obtain constant smoke over a long period of time, making it difficult to improve efficiency. There was an inconvenience that smoke could not be generated.

[Means to solve the problem]

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, and the smoke generation heater is divided into a plurality of parts, each of which can be controlled independently, and the ignition time can be sequentially controlled. .

[Effect]

The smoker of this invention is equipped with a plurality of smoke generating heaters and controls the ignition time of each heater by delaying it by a certain amount of time, so that a certain amount of smoke is generated over a long period of time.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electric smoker according to the present invention, in which 1 is a main body, and a smoking chamber 2 is provided inside the main body 1. 3 is a door that opens and closes the front of the smoking chamber 2, and when the handle 3b is pulled toward the user, the door rotates about the hinge 3a. Reference numeral 4 denotes a heater for heating the inside of the chamber, which is disposed at the inner bottom of the smoking chamber 2 on the back side. Further, a smoke generation heater 5 is arranged on the front side. This smoke generation heater 5 is divided into three parts. In addition,
The heater 4 for heating inside the refrigerator and the heater 5 for generating smoke are:
This is a sheathed heater type heater. 7 is an oil tray that receives meat juices etc. exuded from the smoked product during smoking;
8 is a net shelf on which the items to be smoked are placed, and is shaped like a net so that smoke can pass through it well. Reference numeral 9 denotes a timer device which controls the smoking time and limits the energization time of the internal heating heater 4 and the smoke generation heater 5. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the smoke generation heater 5 and the heat-resistant container 6 that houses the heater 5. The smoke generation heaters 5 each have a terminal 10, and the pin terminal 10 and the root portion of the heater portion are embedded in the base 6c of the heat-resistant container 6 and formed integrally. This heat-resistant container 6 is made of heat-resistant insulator, and has an opening 6a that is open on the top surface other than the base 6c.
It is becoming.

A space 6b is formed between the smoke generation heaters 5a, 5b, and 5c disposed in the opening 6a,
Smoking material is put into this space 6b. In addition, each smoke generation heater 5a,
5b and 5c, the energization time is sequentially shifted from 5a to 5b to 5c. The circuit diagram is shown in Figure 3,
Further, the energization time is shown in FIG. When the timer device 9 is activated to smoke, the main switch M and the selection switch _S1 are turned on, and the smoke heaters 1 and 5a are turned on for t minutes. After t minutes, the switch _S1 is turned off and the heaters 1 and 5a are turned off, and the switch S2 is turned on and the smoke heaters ₂ and 5b are turned on. After 2t minutes, the switch _S2 is turned off and the heaters 2 and 5b are turned off, and the switch S3 is turned on and the smoke heaters ₃ and 5c are turned on.
Then, after 3t minutes, switch _S3 turns off and heaters 3 and 5
c is turned off.

Since the smoke heaters 5a, 5b, and 5c are controlled in this manner, each heater 5a, 5b, and 5c does not need to have a large capacity, and a constant amount of smoke can be generated over a long period of time. It will be done.

In addition, although the above-mentioned example explained the case where three heaters 5 for smoke generation were used, the number of heaters 5 for smoke generation may be other than that.
Further, even if the order of controlling each heater is changed, there is no problem and the same effects as in the above embodiment can be achieved.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the plurality of smoke generating heaters are energized in order, there is little difference in the amount of smoke generated over a long period of time, and efficient smoke can be obtained. . Another advantage is that the capacity of the smoke generating heater can be small.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electric smoker according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing the configuration of a smoke generation heater, FIG. 3 is a control circuit diagram of the smoke generation heater, and FIG. Figure 4 shows the energization time of the smoke generation heater.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the order of energization. Codes in the diagram: 1 is the main body, 2 is the smoking chamber, 3 is the door,
4 is a heater for heating the refrigerator, 6 is a heat-resistant container, 6a is an opening, 6b is a space, 6c is a base, 7 is a saucer, 8
9 is a timer device, and 10 is a pin terminal. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A smoking chamber is installed inside the main body, and the bottom of the smoking chamber is equipped with an internal heating heater and a smoke generation heater independently, and the smoke generation heater is divided into multiple parts. An electric smoker characterized in that the heaters are ignited sequentially.