Abstract: A cooking apparatus for cooking a food item. The cooking apparatus may include a base component and a lid component. The base component includes a reservoir. The lid component may be alterable between a closed state whereby the lid closes an open top end of the reservoir and an open state whereby the reservoir is exposed. A plurality of cups may be positioned in the reservoir of the base component. Each of the cups may have an internal cavity with a first liquid holding capacity. The reservoir of the base component may have a second liquid holding capacity when the plurality of cups are positioned in the reservoir. The second liquid holding capacity is equal to or greater than the first liquid holding capacity so that one of the cups can be filled with liquid and then the liquid poured from the cup into the reservoir without overflowing the reservoir.