Patent ID: 7795561

Claim:
A steam cooker, comprising: a steam generator for generating steam; a steam temperature-raising device for raising a temperature of steam coming from the steam generator; a heating chamber provided with a ceiling steam outlet on its ceiling side, in which an object to be cooked is heated by steam supplied from the steam temperature-raising device via the ceiling steam outlet, said steam temperature-raising device including: a tray-shaped case having a recessed part which has a sidewall provided with a steam supply port through which steam from the steam generator enters the recessed part, the tray-shaped case being placed, with an opening of the recessed part directed downward, on the heating chamber at the ceiling steam outlet; and a heater placed in the recessed part; wherein a plurality of steam outlets for supplying steam heated by the heater in the recessed part into the heating chamber sideways are provided in both of sidewalls of the recessed part of the tray-shaped case that adjoin the sidewall provided with the steam supply port and on the opposite side of the steam supply port.