Abstract: A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a main body provided with a cooking chamber, and a steam supply device generating steam to supply the steam to the cooking chamber. The steam supply device includes a water storage unit to store water, a steam generator that is supplied with water from the water storage unit to generate steam, a water supply tube to transfer water in the water storage unit to the steam generator, and a water collection tube to transfer residual water in the steam generator to the water storage unit. Accordingly, a period to put water may be increased since the residual water in the steam generator is collected.

Abstract: Provided is a heating cooker which allows a door on a cooking chamber to be opened without direct handling of the door by a user. The heating cooker includes a body having a cooking chamber defined therein, a door hingably mounted to the body to open and close the cooking chamber, a door holder positioned in the body to hold the door and keep the cooking chamber closed by the door, and a hinge part connected between the door and the body to guide rotation of the door such that when the door is released from the door holder, the door is automatically opened.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a door of an electric oven, which has an improved configuration to prevent the escape of heat from a cooking compartment to the outside during cooking or self-cleaning of the cooking compartment. The door, which serves to selectively open or close a cooking compartment of an electric oven, includes a front glass installed to a front surface, a rear glass installed behind the front glass, and a porous plate interposed between the front glass and the rear glass. The porous plate serves to prevent the escape of heat from the cooking compartment to the outside and includes a plurality of view holes to enable observation of the cooking compartment from the outside.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus has a divider storage portion capable of storing a divider to partition a cooking chamber. The cooking apparatus includes a main body, a cooking chamber defined in the main body, a divider detachably mounted in the cooking chamber to partition the cooking chamber, a drawer, which has a storage space therein, to be slidably extracted and retracted, a drawer receiving space defined beneath the cooking chamber in the main body to receive the drawer, and a divider storage portion arranged adjacent to the drawer receiving space to store the divider removed from the cooking chamber.

Abstract: A method of controlling a cooking apparatus which includes a main body having at least one heating unit, a control panel installed on the main body, and a temperature display unit that is provided on the control panel, displaying a temperature of the heating unit through change in color, and having a plurality of light emitting elements, includes determining whether or not the heating unit is in operation; detecting a current temperature of the heating unit when the heating unit is in operation; and displaying a temperature section, to which the detected current temperature of the heating unit belongs, among a plurality of preset temperature sections through the change in the color of the temperature display unit.

Abstract: An oven, effectively and rapidly cooling a door by passing a sufficient quantity of cooling air through the door, is disclosed. The oven includes an outer case, an inner case, a door opening and closing the inner case, and a blower chamber having a cooling fan and provided at the upper side of the inner case. The door includes an inner plate and a frame to form an opened lower end. The frame has holes formed in the upper side to flowing air discharged by the cooling fan between the inner plate and an outer plate. A vent hole communicating with the blower chamber is provided in the upper end of the cooking chamber to pass hot air of the cooking chamber through the vent hole. Around the vent hole, a partition member is provided for preventing the hot air from being mixed with air discharged by cooling fan.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oven that is capable of discharging hot air generated when cooling a door and heat generated in a cooking chamber through the lower end of the door. The oven includes a door having at least two separated air channels. The air channels comprise at least one first air channel to discharge hot air generated when cooling the door through the lower end of the door, and at least one second air channel to introduce air through the lower end of the door such that the door is cooled. In the housing is mounted a circulating fan. Between the circulating fan and the air channels is connected a channel connecting unit. As the circulating fan is rotated, air flows along the second air channel to cool the door. Hot air generated when cooling the door is introduced into the first air channel through the channel connecting unit, and is then discharged out of the oven through the lower end of the door.

Abstract: A metal panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a cooking device using the metal panel capable of improving an external appearance of edges, enhancing efficiency of a manufacturing process and reducing the manufacturing cost. The manufacturing method of a metal panel includes cutting a metal plate to form a cutaway portion at a specified area of a border, bending the border on opposite sides of the cutaway portion, and coupling a bracket to a cutaway groove formed at the border by the bending.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling steam cleaning thereof realize optimal cleaning performance by maintaining an internal temperature of a cooking chamber at a temperature suitable for steam condensation at the time of cleaning the inside of the cooking chamber using steam. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a steam supplying unit to supply steam into the cooking chamber, a temperature sensing unit to sense an internal temperature of the cooking chamber, and a control unit to compare the sensed internal temperature with a reference temperature and operate the steam supplying unit if the internal temperature of the cooking chamber is less than the reference temperature.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same utilize the operations of measuring a temperature of a cooking chamber, and periodically turning on and off a convection fan, which circulates air in the cooking chamber, when the temperature of the cooking chamber reaches a target temperature.

Abstract: A door damper. The door damper includes a rotational shaft rotatably coupled to a door, a rotating resistance unit to generate rotating resistance to the rotational shaft, and a latching device latched to the rotational shaft and the door so as to allow the door and the rotational shaft to rotate together in a predetermined region. The latching device includes a free rotating section enabling free rotation of the door at an initial stage of opening the door, and a latching section enabling the latching device to be latched to the rotational shaft and the door at a final stage of opening the door so as to allow the door and the rotational shaft to rotate together. With the door damper, the door of electronic appliances can be smoothly opened without impact, and can be easily closed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same, which are capable of easily recognizing change in temperature of one of an oven and a cooktop through change in color corresponding to the temperature change at a position remote from the cooking apparatus, and which are capable of easily recognizing the temperature of the cooktop through a temperature display unit at a position that is somewhat lower than the cooktop by installing a temperature display unit at a position higher than the cooktop. To this end, the cooking apparatus includes a main body having at least one heating unit, a control panel installed on an upper surface of the main body, and a temperature display unit that is provided on the control panel, which displays a temperature of the heating unit through change in color.

Abstract: Provided is a heating cooker which allows a door on a cooking chamber to be opened without direct handling of the door by a user. The heating cooker includes a body having a cooking chamber defined therein, a door hingably mounted to the body to open and close the cooking chamber, a door holder positioned in the body to hold the door and keep the cooking chamber closed by the door, and a hinge part connected between the door and the body to guide rotation of the door such that when the door is released from the door holder, the door is automatically opened.

Abstract: Provided is a heating cooker which includes a body constituting an appearance thereof, an upper panel on which a cooking container is laid, a heater positioned under the upper panel to heat the cooking container laid on the upper panel, a fan housing liftably positioned at one side of the body to be raised above the upper panel and having an air intake port and an air discharge port, a blast fan and a fan motor positioned in the fan housing to forcibly blow air toward a surface of the upper panel, a fan housing lifter to raise and lower the fan housing, a temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the upper panel, and a controller to control the heater, the fan motor, and the fan housing lifter. The upper panel heated by the heater can be forcibly cooled by air from the fan housing.

Abstract: A cooking device having a cooking compartment, which is divided by a partition. The cooking device includes a partitioning member, installed in a cooking chamber, for partitioning the cooking chamber into a first cooking chamber and a second cooking chamber, a heater for heating food placed in the cooking chamber, and a ventilating device for ventilating air in the first cooking chamber and the second cooking chamber, independently.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus to effectively agitate and evenly distribute high-temperature air into a cooking chamber by use of a single driving fan and a plurality of driven fans. The cooking apparatus includes the cooking chamber, the driving fan arranged at a rear wall of the cooking chamber, a convection heater to surround the driving fan, the plurality of driven fans arranged on a circumference of the driving fan, and a fan cover having a plurality of suction holes and discharge holes. The driving fan is connected with a drive motor to rotate in accordance with an operation of the drive motor. The driven fans rotate by use of air streams generated when the driving fan rotates. The high-temperature air is evenly agitated in accordance with the rotation of the driven fans to be distributed into the cooking chamber via the discharge holes in all directions.

Abstract: An oven having a partition unit to partition a cooking space into a plurality of independent cooking chambers wherein the partition unit has a heat-insulating structure to prevent heat transfer between the respective cooking chambers. The oven comprises a cabinet, a door to open and close an opened front surface of the cabinet, a partition unit to partition the interior of the cabinet into a plurality of independent cooking chambers, and electric heaters mounted in the cooking chambers. The partition unit includes first and second heat-insulating layers opposite to each other and an air layer disposed between the first and second heat-insulating layers. An inlet and an outlet are formed at the air layer, and a blowing fan is mounted at the inlet. Bent guide members are disposed in the air layer to guide air such that the air uniformly flows throughout the air layer.

Abstract: A heating cooker which evenly heats or cooks food, and is easily cleaned, includes a cabinet to define a cooking cavity therein. The cooking cavity is open at a front thereof. A fan chamber is defined by recessing a rear wall of the cooking cavity at a predetermined area to a predetermined depth. An air circulation fan and a heater are installed in the fan chamber. The air circulation fan circulates air of the cooking cavity. The heater heats the air in the fan chamber. A chamber cover is mounted to the rear wall of the cooking cavity to cover an open front of the fan chamber. The chamber cover has a plurality of air suction ports at a central area thereof, with a plurality of air distribution ports provided along an edge of the chamber cover to guide the air from the fan chamber to the edge of the chamber cover so as to discharge the air to the cooking cavity.

Abstract: A steam oven having a steam distributing unit which is installed in the steam oven and evenly distributes steam generated by a steam generator into a cooking cavity, which is defined in a cabinet of the steam oven. The steam oven has the steam generator, the cooking cavity, a steam feed pipe to feed the steam generated by the steam generator into the cooking cavity, and a steam distributing pipe to distribute the steam from the steam feed pipe into the cooking cavity. The steam oven additionally has a sectional area control part provided in the steam feed pipe, to control a flow speed of the steam in the steam feed pipe.

Abstract: An oven capable of preventing heat transfer from one cooking space having relatively high temperature to another cooking space having relatively low temperature along each side plate of a cooking chamber having a plurality of partitioned cooking spaces. The oven includes an insulating unit and a cooling unit mounted at each side plate to prevent heat transfer between first and second cooking spaces along each side plate. The insulating unit includes a slit formed right under the partition, an insulating member fitted in the slit, and a supporting member attached to the inside of each side plate. The cooling unit includes an air guide member attached to the outside of each side plate to cover the insulating member, and a blowing fan connected to the air guide member to forcibly blow outside air to the air guide member.