Cooking device

Abstract

A cooking apparatus includes a body, a pair of heating units, a grill unit, a heat reflecting unit, and a cooling fan. The heating units are arranged between the grill unit and the heat reflecting unit. The heat reflecting unit includes inner and outer reflecting plates that are inclined at certain angles to reflect heat radiated from the heating units toward the grill unit. The cooling fan is positioned in an inner space of the heat reflecting unit. The heat reflecting unit has front, rear, and side plates, which are provided with a plurality of through holes, so that air passes through the inner space of the heat reflecting unit.

Description

[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 2003-7562 filed with the Korean Intellectual Property Office on February 6, 2003, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0002] The present invention relates generally to cooking appliances, and more particularly to a cooking appliance that efficiently transfers heat to food to be cooked, thereby increasing the energy efficiency of the cooking appliance and reducing cooking time. Background technique [0003] In general, grilling meats such as beef and pork and processed foods such as sausages and hams is delicious, where the food is cooked by placing it on the grill and directly heating it. Accordingly, people like grilled meat and grilled processed meat. [0004] Generally, a cooking device for grilling food includes a heating unit that applies heat to food, and a grill unit that places the food on the grill unit so that it is partially exposed to the heating unit. ...

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[0007] However, a common cooking device constructed as above only cooks food using the heat transmitted upwards from the heating unit because the heating unit is placed just below the grill unit.

As a result, ordinary cooking equipment cannot efficiently transfer heat to food, so that the energy efficiency of ordinary cooking equipment is low, and the required cooking time is too long

[0008] In addition, conventional cooking devices have the disadvantage of keeping the grilling unit at a high temperature due to the heat received from the heating unit, so that parts of the food that come into contact with the hot grilling unit are burnt, resulting in poor taste and potentially harmful Harm the user's health

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