	US 12,419,453 B2
	Control method of cooking apparatus
Jin-Hee Cho, Suwon-si (KR); and Dong Ho Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,414.
Application 17/469,414 is a continuation of application No. 15/983,474, filed on May 18, 2018, granted, now 11,141,017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0062354 (KR), filed on May 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401216 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. F24C 15/32 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A47J 27/04 (2006.01); A47J 36/00 (2006.01)

CPC A47J 27/04 (2013.01) [A23L 5/13 (2016.08); A47J 36/00 (2013.01); F24C 15/327 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A47J 2027/043 (2013.01); A47J 2203/00 (2013.01)]

8 Claims

1. A method of controlling a cooking apparatus, the method comprising:

controlling an operation of a water supply pump to supply water to a steam generator;

detecting a level of the water supplied to a steam generator;

controlling, based on the level of the water supplied to the steam generator increasing and reaching a preset position, an operation of the water supply pump to supply additional water to the steam generator such that the water is supplied to a bottom surface of a cooking compartment for a predetermined period of time; and

controlling, based on the predetermined period of time expiring, an operation of a drain pump to discharge a portion of the water inside the steam generator.