Abstract: A cooking machine which has: a cooking vessel removably provided in a case cavity and having an open top; a rotary shaft extending through a bottom of the cooking vessel and having an upper end to be fitted with an agitator blade; a driving mechanism provided below the cooking vessel for rotatively driving the rotary shaft of the cooking vessel; a heater provided in the case cavity for adjusting an ambient temperature within the case cavity; and a steam generating mechanism for supplying steam into the cooking vessel. The cooking machine selectively performs a kneading process for kneading an ingredient put in the cooking vessel, a shaping/fermenting process for allowing an ingredient to expand to a predetermined level in the cooking vessel, a baking process for baking an ingredient, and a steaming process for steaming an ingredient in the cooking vessel.

Abstract: The time period required for bread making is previously memorized in an internal memory of a bread making device. Time display panel normally displaying a present time displays a bread making finished time which is calculated by adding bread making time to the present time upon the operation of a starter button. When an appointed bread making finished time is set on the time display panel, the bread making process will be automatically started at a time which is calculated by subtracting the bread making time from the set time.