Bread making apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention has been developed to solve the afore-mentioned drawbacks, and its object is to provide a bread making apparatus furnished with a lid made of transparent glass for easily observing the state of the bread making process, and to enable the production of well-formed bread despite a propensity to be affected by external temperature and humidity.
In a bread making apparatus according to the first embodiment, a baking oven, a bread baking case detachably installed in the oven, a lid openably installed on the opening of the oven and a control means for controlling bread making processes comprises: a mixing and kneading process for tossing raw bread ingredients in the baking case, kneading them and making bread dough; a fermenting process for fermenting the dough; and a baking process for baking the fermented bread dough; the controlling means characterized by being provided with: a fermentation detecting device for detecting the dough expanding near the lid during the fermentation process; and a process-switching device for stopping the fermentation process when the detecting device detects the expansion of the dough, and for switching from the fermentation process to the next baking process.
A bread making apparatus according to the second embodiment includes the bread making apparatus of the first embodiment, wherein the controlling means is characterized by further being provided with: an extension time-setting means which outputs a signal to the controlling means for extending the forming-fermenting time preceding the baking process; a process extending means controlling the bread making processes for extending the fermenting time by applying the output from the extension-time setting means; and the extension-time setting means sets an extension time and the process extending means extends the fermenting process, when the detecting signal from the fermentation detecting means does not output and the dough does not expand to the specified volume, before the end of the set time of the fermenting process