Patent ID: 7781702

Claim:
A cooking apparatus comprising: a housing including a cooking chamber; support members provided in the cooking chamber; and a heating unit comprising: a partition plate detachably installed within the chamber, the partition plate partitioning the chamber into a first sub-chamber defined at an upper side of the partition plate and a second sub-chamber defined at a lower side of the partition plate, the partition plate having sliding rails formed thereof, a heater support slidably coupled to the partition plate via the sliding rails, a heater supported by the heater support and configured to heat at least one of the first sub-chamber and the second sub-chamber, a rack disposed over the heating unit, on which food is positionable for cooking, a power connector configured to selectively connect to an external electric power source to supply electric power to the heating unit, and a container slidably coupled to the partition plate via the sliding rails to hold foreign matter produced during cooking of food, wherein the heater support comprises sidewalls that define openings provided in the upper surface and the lower surface of the heater support such that the heater support is configured to allow the heat from the heater to be transferred to upper and lower sides of the heater support, and wherein the partition plate is supported by the support members.