Abstract: A cockroach trap constructed of a container which has an heating element placed inside to heat bait to attract cockroaches. A first timer regulates power to the heating element, The container has a lid which in its initial position is open to allow the odor of the heated bait to attract the cockroaches. After a period of time to allow the cockroaches to amass on the bait, the lid closes over the container. A second timer regulates the means to close the lid. The heating element is turned on again. The bait boils thereby killing the entrapped cockroaches. The device can be reused each week to ten days for as many times as necessary thus ridding the area of successive generations with out any adverse side effects to pets or people.