Patent ID: 9668612
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A23B,A47J

Claim:
1. A food roasting apparatus, comprising: a main body having a heating chamber housing provided with a heating line; a rotating unit provided in an upper end of the heating chamber housing, the rotating unit rotating a food to be cooked; a water tank provided in lower end of the heating chamber housing and having a reverse conical shape with a water tank opening defined on an upper end thereof, the water tank opening having a first diameter, the water tank being configured to retain therein water that is used to wet-heat the food; a falling substance guide coupled to the water tank, the falling substance guide having a conical shape with a first falling substance guide opening defined on a lower end thereof facing the water tank opening, the first falling substance guide opening having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter of the water tank opening, whereby oil falling from the food onto the falling substance guide flows into the water tank, the falling substance guide further having a second falling substance guide opening defined on an upper end thereof; a steam control unit inducing evaporated moisture moving upwards through the upper end opening of the falling substance guide to circulate in the heating chamber housing by means of convection, the steam control unit including a support pipe disposed inside of the falling substance guide, and a forced convection means coupled to an upper end of the support pipe, the forced convection means having a funnel shape; and a medicinal substance container disposed on the upper end opening of the falling substance guide, the medicinal substance container encircling the funnel-shaped forced convection means, the medicinal substance container containing a medicinal substance therein, the medicinal substance container having a mesh structure in its entirety; wherein steam moving through the upper end opening of the falling substance guide is supplied into the heating chamber housing through the funnel-shaped convection means and the meshed medicinal support container; and wherein an aroma of the medicinal substance permeates the food.