Thermal power is used to raise the air temperature within the oven cavity to provide a browning effect which is largely absent from food cooked purely by microwave power. This invention provides a combined thermal/microwave oven and a method of cooking food which is simple to operate in a fully automatic cooking operation.


European Patent #: 0,122,710
American Patent #: 4,533,809
Australian Patent #: 560,036
Canadian Patent #: 1,211,797
Japanese Patent #: 1,606,638