A cooking appliance includes a cooking cavity, a microwave module, and a turntable rotatably mounted in the cooking cavity. An upper pan is mounted above the turntable. The cooking appliance also includes a motor operatively coupled to the turntable to rotate the turntable and the upper pan within the cooking cavity.

The present invention relates to a support system (10) for an object, in particular for food (34) being treated. The support system (10) comprises an upper part (12) and a lower part (14). The upper part (12) includes a support plate (16) for bearing the object (34). The support system (10) comprises at least three guiding elements (20) and a guiding rail (22). The guiding elements (20) belong to one of the upper part (12) or the lower part (14), while the guiding rail (22) belongs to the other one of the upper part (12) or the lower part (14). The guiding rail (22) is formed as a circular ring and includes at least three identical segments. Each segment of the guiding rail (22) includes at least three horizontal sections arranged at different levels. The upper part (12) is rotatable with respect to the lower part (14) around a common vertical central axis. The guiding elements (20) are sliding along the guiding rail (22) during the rotation of the upper part (12) with respect to the lower part (14). The level of the support plate (16) is adjustable by the rotation of the upper part (12) with respect to the lower part (14).

A microwave oven with a control panel assembly with a limited number of operating buttons is provided. The microwave oven has a control panel assembly which has either a first single-input start button associated with a first pre-set cooking time or two single-input start buttons associated with two pre-set cooking times.

A cooking apparatus includes an outer housing, an inner housing forming a cooking chamber, a plurality of heaters arranged on an upper side of the cooking chamber, a tray including a plurality of cooking surfaces heated at different temperatures by the plurality of heaters, the tray being arranged to be detachable from the cooking chamber, a turn table rotatably arranged under the tray, and a magnetron arranged outside the cooking chamber at a lower height than the tray to emit high-frequency waves to an area between the tray and the turn table.

A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber, a pull-out portion (2), and a placement member (30). The pull-out portion (2) is configured to be pulled out from the heating cooking chamber in a first direction (D1). The placement member (30) is placed on the pull-out portion (2). The placement member (30) includes a placement portion (31) and a pair of protrusion portions (32). An object is placed on the placement portion (31). The pair of protrusion portions (32) protrude from the placement portion (31) in a second direction (D2). The pull-out portion (2) includes a base portion (23) and a pair of side wall portions (50). The placement member (30) is placed on the base portion (23). The pair of side wall portions (50) extend in the first direction (D1), stand upright from the base portion (23), and face each other in the second direction (D2). The pair of side wall portions (50) respectively include a pair of concave portions (54) recessed in a third direction (D3). The pair of protrusion portions (32) are respectively disposed in the pair of concave portions (54).

A cooking apparatus includes a main body having a cooking chamber, a coupler having a pair of pressure surfaces and rotatably provided, and a tray provided-to-be withdrawn from the cooking chamber by sliding movement. The tray has a pair of seating projections each capable of being brought into contact with the pair of pressure surfaces and being rotatably pushed by the coupler. Therefore it is possible to easily switch between the rotatable state of the tray and the state of sliding movement of the tray.

A packing member having a structure capable of reliably extinguishing a fire generated in a cooking apparatus and a cooking apparatus having the packing member are provided. The packing member for packing components of a cooking apparatus includes a flange formed by bending at least one side thereof. The flange is provided to cover at least a portion of an inlet formed at one side of the cooking apparatus to allow external air to be introduced into the cooking apparatus when the packing member is received in the cooking apparatus or at least a portion of an outlet formed to allow air in the cooking apparatus to be discharged.

An outer portion of one or more layers of microwave interactive material, which is for becoming hot when exposed to microwave energy, is arranged in a manner that seeks to advantageously control heating, so that the outer portion of the microwave interactive material can safely be adjacent the periphery of a turntable tray. The turntable tray can be heated by the microwave interactive material so that a peak thermally induced stress occurs in the turntable tray at a position proximate the periphery of the tray. The layer(s) of microwave interactive material are configured in a manner so that the peak thermally induced stress is less than a predetermined amount.

A high-frequency heating cooker includes: a heating chamber; a high-frequency heating unit; a tray table; a tray table rotating shaft which includes a cylindrical shaft portion and which holds the tray table; and an electric motor which rotates the tray table. The electric motor is fixed to the heating chamber by an electric motor mounting plate, and is configured to transmit a force of an electric motor rotating shaft to the tray table rotating shaft. The tray table rotating shaft transmits a rotating force to the tray table, and is made of a resin molding material. The tray table rotating shaft includes a tray table rotating shaft protrusion formed on a side surface of the cylindrical shaft portion, thereby being configured not to be easily removed from interior of the heating chamber.

The present application firstly discloses a cooking system comprising two cooking apparatuses, each capable of producing a cooked food from food or food ingredient(s). The first cooking apparatus comprises a plurality of microwave ovens which can be moved by an intermittent motion mechanism or a transport system. The second cooking apparatus comprises a cookware and a motion mechanism to move the cookware to dispense a cooked food to a food container. A semi-cooked food is produced by a microwave oven of the first cooking apparatus and is used as an ingredient in the second cooking apparatus to produce cooked food.