Patent ID: 8887627

Claim:
A barbecue apparatus having a roasting space in which meat is roasted and roasting meat by heating the roasting space, the apparatus comprising: a main body comprising a casing of a box shape with a top thereof opened so as to form the roasting space, a cover disposed on an upper part of the casing to open/close the roasting space of the casing and having a smoke hole for discharging smoke from roasting of meat in the roasting space, and a first hinge disposed to connect the casing and the cover so as to open/close the cover; a roasting part comprising circular plates disposed at left and right sides to roast meat in the roasting space provided in the main body, roasting bars whose ends are disposed at a certain interval along the circumference of the circular plate, and a shaft outwardly protruding from a center of the circular plate equipped with the roasting bars; a driving part comprising a gear and a motor that are coupled to and rotate the shaft so as to rotate the roasting part; a main heating source comprising one or both of a charcoal basket and a burner disposed at a lower part of the roasting space to heat the roasting space such that meat is roasted in the roasting space of the main body; and an auxiliary heat source disposed at an upper part of the roasting space to provide heat to the roasting space separately from the main heating source such that meat roasted by the main heating source keeps warm when the main heating source is removed, wherein the auxiliary heat source comprising a halogen lamp comprises; an opening formed in a rear surface of the casing such that the halogen lamp is disposed at an upper part of the roasting space so as to be adjacent to the roasting part disposed in the roasting space a cover part protruding from the rear surface of the casing to block the opening and providing an installation space in which the halogen lamp is disposed; and a second hinge disposed to connect the cover part and the rear surface of the casing such that the cover part opens/closes, and the halogen lamp disposed in the installation space is replaced by the second hinge.