Patent ID: 7390994

Claim:
An electric cooker having a composite heat source comprising: an external case having an air inlet and an air outlet; a cooking plate mounted on an upper surface of the external case to be a top plate thereof; a heat generating unit mounted between the external case and the cooking plate, the heat generating unit including a work coil and an electric heater and arranged coaxially with respect to a center of the air inlet; a cooling unit arranged coaxially with respect to the center of the air inlet between the air inlet and the heat generating unit, the cooling unit cooling the heat generating unit; an air duct provided below the heat generating unit; and a reflector forming an outer cover of the electric heater, wherein the reflector includes a plurality of openings in which terminals of the electric heater are accommodated and forms a second passage provided between the openings thereof, and the reflector and the air duct are configured to guide air introduced through the air inlet to a first passage formed between the electric heater and the work coil and then to the second passage.