Patent ID: 7168425

Claim:
A cooking apparatus, comprising: a cabinet; at least two heating units disposed in the cabinet; a grill unit- disposed in the cabinet such that food laid thereon is cooked by heat from the heating units; and a cover covering the food, defining a cooking space thereunder, and having an air ventilation structure serving as a primary conduit of air into and out of the cooking space during cooking, when the cover is in a closed position, the cover being removably disposed on a to of the cabinet, wherein the air ventilation structure comprises opposing side portions of the cover, each with at least one air inlet hole, to allow inflow of the air therethrough during cooking, and the heating units are disposed along a first axis at opposing ends of an interior space of the cabinet, and the air inlet holes are disposed in the cover at opposing ends of a second axis transverse to the first axis, such that the inlet holes do not face the heating units.