STEAM COOKER
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Abstract
A steam cooker includes: a heating chamber for an item to be cooked; a removable water tank; a steam generating device with a housing to which water is supplied from the water tank and that heats the water within the housing and supplies steam to the heating chamber. A hardness detection portion includes a plurality of electrodes immersed in water within the water tank that detect the hardness of the water within the water tank by resistance between the electrodes. When the hardness of the water within the water tank is high, the interval of cleaning is shorter than an interval set when the hardness detected is low.
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10 Claims
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1-4. -4. (canceled)
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5. A steam cooker comprising:
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a heating chamber that stores an item to be cooked; a removable water tank; a steam generating device that includes a housing to which water is supplied from the water tank and that heats, with a steam generating heater, the water within the housing and supplies steam to the heating chamber; and a hardness detection portion that includes a plurality of electrodes which are immersed in water within the water tank or a water storage portion coupled to the water tank and that detects a hardness of the water within the water tank by a resistance between the electrodes, wherein, when the hardness of the water within the water tank that is detected by the hardness detection portion is high, an interval of cleaning of the steam generating device is shorter than an interval set when the hardness detected by the hardness detection portion is low. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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