System, apparatus, and method for cooking using RF oven
Systems, Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for cooking a food item using RF oven. The food item may include a tag containing information regarding food items associated with the food item. The RF oven may include an interface to receive the information. The RF oven may also include a processor to determine an amount of energy to be delivered to the food item based on the information. The processor may be configured to cause a RF power source to supply RF energy to cook the food item based on the determined amount of energy.
1. An apparatus for electromagnetically processing at least two food components simultaneously, comprising:
an interface;
at least one processor configured to:
receive, via the interface, information characterizing a first food component to be heated;
receive, via the interface, information characterizing a second food component to be heated;
determine, based on the information characterizing the first food component to be heated, a first amount of energy to be absorbed by the first food component;
determine, based on the information characterizing the second food component to be heated, a second amount of energy to be absorbed by the second food component; and
regulate energy delivery to the first and second food components, such that a total amount of energy absorbed in the food components is a function of the determined first and second amounts of energy.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the total amount of energy absorbed in the food components corresponds to a sum of the determined first and second amounts of energy.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the determination the total amount of energy (E) to be absorbed by the first and second food components can be represented by the equation E=nX+mY, where n and m are non-zero constants, X corresponds to a first amount of energy to absorbed by the first food component, and Y corresponds to a second amount of energy to be absorbed by the second food component.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing is performed aiming at uniform dissipation and an amount needed in each food is different.
5. A prepackaged food item, comprising:
a container;
a first food component in the container;
a second food component in the container; and
a machine readable element associated with the container, the machine readable element including information for use by a processor in determining instructions for cooking the food item, wherein the information includes a first set of one or more values configured to enable the processor to determine an amount of radio frequency (RF) energy to be absorbed by the first food component and a second set of one or more values configured to enable the processor to determine an amount of RF energy to be absorbed by the second food component.
6. The prepackaged food item of claim 5 , wherein the first and second food components are cooked at the same time.
7. The prepackaged food item of claim 5 , wherein the information further includes spatial information indicative of a position of the first food component relative to the container and a position of the second food component relative to the container.
8. The prepackaged food item of claim 5 , wherein the container includes at least one positioning element configured to aid in orientation of the container within an electromagnetic energy cooking apparatus.