Cooking utensil and control method thereof

Abstract

The invention provides a cooking utensil and a control method of the cooking utensil. The cooking utensil comprises a control device and a body with a cooking cavity, wherein the cooking cavity is defined by the inner wall of the body, and at least part of the inner wall of the body is pervious to light. The cooking utensil further comprises a detection device connected with the control device, the detection device is used for detecting the light transmittance of the part, pervious to light, of the inner wall of the body, and the control device is used for judging the cleanness degree of the inner wall of the body according to the light transmittance. For the cooking utensil provided by the invention, according to the principle of optics, the cleanness degree of the inner wall of the cooking utensil is judged by utilizing the light transmittance, for passing through the inner wall of the body of the cooking utensil, of the light, then whether to remind a user to clean the inside of thecooking utensil or not is determined according to the cleanness degree, or, whether automatic cleaning is carried out on the inside of the cooking utensil or not is determined according to the cleanness degree, thus the time for reminding and self-cleaning is more reasonable, and therefore, the use experience of the user is promoted.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent control, in particular to a cooking appliance and a control method thereof. Background technique [0002] With the improvement of people's living standards, ovens are becoming more and more popular, and people can use ovens to cook various foods. However, due to the high temperature and oily smoke cooking environment in the cooking cavity of the oven during the cooking of food, the cooking cavity of the oven is particularly easy to accumulate oil stains, which must be cleaned after a period of use. [0003] In the process of using the oven, it is impossible for the user to clean the oven after each baking. Many users do not know when to clean it, resulting in too much oil accumulated in the oven, which affects the user's use. At present, there are also some ovens on the market that will remind the user to clean the inside of the oven after being used for a period of time, or the oven can auto...

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[0004] In view of this, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a cooking appliance and its control method to solve the problem that the cooking appliance in the prior art cannot remind the user to clean the inside of the cooking appliance in time, and remind the timing of cleaning and cooking The problem that the actual degree of dirt in the cavity does not match

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