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A cooking assistance device for use with a microwave oven comprising a card reader for reading a menu data recorded in a card, a memory unit in which data representing the quantity of foodstuff materials to be heated by said oven and heating processes are stored, and a control unit for reading data

A cooking assistance device for use with a microwave oven comprising a card reader for reading a menu data recorded in a card, a memory unit in which data representing the quantity of foodstuff materials to be heated by said oven and heating processes are stored, and a control unit for reading data from said memory unit in response to the menu data. A character code generator provides conversion of the data read from said memory unit into a character code which is fed into a mini-printer mounted in said oven to provide a print out of characters on a recording medium. A data input key is also provided for entry or alteration of data representing the quantity of servings. A power controller determines the power level and heating interval of the foodstuff based on the stored and keyboard input data and accordingly controls the heating operation.

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A cooking apparatus comprising: a microwave oven having a source of microwave energy; a memory for storing standard menu data representing a list of materials and quantity of each of said materials for a predetermined number of servings and standard heating pattern data representing a power level an

A cooking apparatus comprising: a microwave oven having a source of microwave energy; a memory for storing standard menu data representing a list of materials and quantity of each of said materials for a predetermined number of servings and standard heating pattern data representing a power level and an operating time of said microwave energy source for said predetermined number of servings; a data entry unit for manually entering into said memory quantity data representing a desired number of servings to be prepared; a printer; a power control unit for controlling the power level and operating time of said microwave energy source in response to stored and manually entered data applied thereto; and a data processing unit including: means responsive to said manually entered quantity data for converting said standard menu data into actual menu data representing a list of materials and quantity of each of said materials for said desired number of servings and converting said standard heating pattern data into actual heating pattern data representing a power level and an operating time of said microwave energy source for said desired number of servings; means for converting said actual menu data into corresponding print data and applying the print data to said printer to provide a printout of said list of materials and quantity of each said material for said desired number of servings according to which a user prepares food; means for writing said actual heating pattern data into said memory; and means for reading said actual heating pattern data out of said memory into said power control unit when said food is placed in said oven.