Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of microwave heating of rotatable articles includes at least one microwave radiation source, at least one wave guide and a heating chamber for receiving a rotatable article which comprises a material absorbing microwave radiation. Each microwave radiation source is connected to the heating chamber via at least one wave guide having at least one inlet in a lateral wall of the heating chamber. The heating chamber includes at least two covers in the form of an area defined by an inner and outer circumference. At least one cover is vertically slidable relative to the lateral wall of the heating chamber in combination with a stationary ring on the outer circumference of said area and at least one extendable portion on the inner circumference of said area. The method allows for direct and selective heating of the heated portion of the rotatable article, the non-heated portions of the rotatable article outside the heating space are not directly heated.