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A cooking apparatus such as a rice cooker includes means for obtaining a value or a combination of values indicative of an amount of food that is to be cooked, and a fuzzy inference section for operating on that value or combination of values to determine a level of heating power to be supplied to a

A cooking apparatus such as a rice cooker includes means for obtaining a value or a combination of values indicative of an amount of food that is to be cooked, and a fuzzy inference section for operating on that value or combination of values to determine a level of heating power to be supplied to a heater element of the apparatus, during at least one part of the cooking process. The amount-indicating value can be obtained for example as a rate of change of temperature of the food while it is being heated to boiling point. The apparatus can further be configured to determine a plurality of cooking control parameters, by fuzzy inference operation, based on a specified degree of final hardness of the cooked food, which can be selectively inputted by the user.

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A cooking apparatus for executing cooking processing of a quantity of a food material, comprising: means for applying power for heating Bald food material; control means for controlling a level of said heating power; quantity indication means for producing a value indicative of said quantity of the

A cooking apparatus for executing cooking processing of a quantity of a food material, comprising: means for applying power for heating Bald food material; control means for controlling a level of said heating power; quantity indication means for producing a value indicative of said quantity of the food material; fuzzy inference means for deriving a requisite level of said heating power, based upon said quantity indicating value, and for producing an output value indicative of said requisite level and supplying said output value to said control means for thereby determining a subsequent level of said heating power.