Patent ID: 7325481

Claim:
A cooking device comprising: a cooking area; one or more heating elements; a fan which comprises a radial flow impeller having a blade region defined at least by axially displaced proximal and distal blade edges; a disk-shaped cover plate which rotates with the radial flow impeller; and a water supply which comprises at least one water outlet that delivers water to the cover plate; wherein the cover plate is arranged adjacent the blade region of the radial flow impeller; wherein the water outlet is arranged outside of said fan blade region, adjacent the cover plate and on the side thereof axially remote from the blade region of the radial flow impeller; wherein the cover plate is arranged on that side of the radial flow impeller which is remote from the adjacent wall of the cooking area; and wherein the cover plate is apertured in the center and the inner radius thereof forms the outer radius of the output region of the radial flow impeller.