Pressure rice cooker control method and pressure rice cooker for carrying out this method

摘要

The invention relates to a method for controlling a rice pressure cooker comprising a housing (10) closed by a cover (12), said housing (10) being provided with a main heating element (17) for heating a container (11) placed in the housing (10), an element (18) for heating the upper edge of the container (11), an element (19) for heating the cover (12), a controlled purge valve (20), a first temperature sensor (15) arranged in the vicinity of the bottom of the container (11), and a second temperature sensor (16) placed in the cover (12), said method being characterised in that it comprises: a steeping step during which the heating elements (17, 18, 19) are controlled so as to maintain a nominal temperature of between 30 and 40°C inside the container (11) for a determined period of time longer than 2 hours; a heating step starting at the end of the determined period of steeping time, during which the heating elements (17, 18, 19) are controlled so as to obtain a nominal temperature of between 100 and 120°C inside the container (11); and a cooking step starting as soon as the nominal temperature is reached, during which the heating elements (17, 18, 19) are controlled so as to maintain the nominal temperature inside the container (11) for a determined period of time of between 15 and 20 minutes.