Patent ID: 9341382
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A23L,F24C

Claim Text:
1. A cooking apparatus comprising: a cavity unit having a cooking chamber therein; a door on the cavity unit, opening and closing an opening of the cavity unit; a heater in at least one of upper, rear and lower parts of the cavity unit, generating hot air to be supplied to the cooking chamber; a cook container including a housing unit which has an entrance through which hot air enters, and a support unit on the housing unit and on which one or more cooking objects to be cooked by the hot air are placed; and an agitation unit configured to directly contact the cooking object(s) on the cooking container and turn or mix the cooking object, wherein the agitation unit comprises: an agitating body fixedly engaged with side walls of the cavity unit or cooking chamber, and extending across the cooking chamber; and a contact plate extending from a surface of the agitating body, configured to contact the cooking object(s), wherein the contact plate comprises a plurality of plate portions on a distal end thereof, wherein the plate portions respectively deform their shape when the plate portions come into contact with the cooking object(s).