PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a continuous steamer for steaming food such as octopus at a high temperature, which can be applied to many pieces of food without increasing the length of the entire apparatus and without performing detailed positioning, and can sufficiently and properly heat the entire foodstuffs.SOLUTION: The continuous steamer 10 is provided with a microwave irradiation device 41 capable of radiating a microwave for heating food to the inside of a steaming pot 11 of the continuous steamer.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】蛸などの食品を高温で蒸す連続式蒸し機について、装置全体を長くすることなく、かつ、多数の食品に対して詳細な位置決めをすることなく適用でき、食材全体を十分かつ適度に加熱できるようにする。【解決手段】連続式蒸し機10の蒸し釜11内部へ食品を加熱するマイクロ波を照射可能であるマイクロ波照射装置41を設ける。【選択図】図1