Patent ID: 7312426

Claim:
A cooking apparatus, comprising: a cabinet; at least one heater mounted in the cabinet; a grill unit positioned on a top of the cabinet to allow food to be cooked while being laid thereon; at least one reflecting plate mounted behind the heater to reflect heat radiated toward a position behind the heater; and at least one elastic mounting unit to mount the heater on the reflecting plate through an elastic deformation thereof, wherein the elastic mounting unit comprises at least one elastic part, the elastic part having a fixed portion that is fixed to the reflecting plate and two free ends that are elastically movable, the heater being held between the free ends through an elastic deformation of the free ends, the free ends of the elastic part are elastically deformed to hold upper and lower portions of the heater, respectively, the free ends of the elastic part have extended parts extended to face each other at both ends of the free ends, respectively, to prevent the heater from being removed from the elastic mounting unit, and the fixed portion of the elastic part has a support part that is projected to support a back of the heater so as to firmly support the heater.