Patent ID: 8919243

Claim:
A cooking appliance comprising: a cooktop part on which a grill module for grill cooking is detachably disposed; a collection device for sucking an exhaust gas generated in the grill module; an exhaust device forcibly sucking the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to exhaust the exhaust gas to the outside; and a guide device for guiding the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to the exhaust device, wherein the grill module includes: a module body defining an inner space and supporting the food; a module cover for selectively opening or closing at least a top surface of the module body; a coupling part for coupling the collection device to the module cover, the coupling part including a coupling projection provided on a rear surface of the module cover, and coupling grooves provided on the collection device for receiving the coupling projection therein; and a detection part disposed on the coupling part for detecting whether the collection device and the grill module are coupled to each other, wherein the module cover and the collection device are coupled to each other by the coupling part, with a predetermined distance between the module cover and the collection device.