Cooking appliance

Abstract

Provided is a cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a counter, a burner arranged to protrude upwards from the counter to heat a food container, and a grate arranged on top of the counter to support the food container. The cooking apparatus also includes a simmer plate formed of a glass material and arranged between the grate and the burner to retard transfer of heat produced from the burner to the food container, and a support arranged on top of the counter to support the simmer plate.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cooking appliance comprising:
 a counter;   a burner arranged to protrude upwards from the counter and produce heat to heat a food container;   a grate arranged on a top of the counter to support the food container over the burner to allow the food container to be heated by the heat produced from the burner;   a simmer plate formed of a glass material and arranged between the grate and the burner to retard transfer of the heat produced from the burner to the food container; and   a support arranged on the top of the counter to support the simmer plate.   
     
     
         2 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the burner comprises a simmer burner to slowly heat the food container, and the simmer plate is arranged between the grate and the simmer burner. 
     
     
         3 . The cooking appliance of  claim 2 , wherein the support comprises a supporting portion supporting the simmer plate, and the simmer plate is detachable from the support. 
     
     
         4 . The cooking appliance of  claim 3 , wherein the support arranged on the top of the counter is detachable from the counter. 
     
     
         5 . The cooking appliance of  claim 4 , wherein the counter comprises a protruding portion arranged to protrude upwards from the counter and the support is arranged on the protruding portion of the counter. 
     
     
         6 . The cooking appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the support comprises:
 a prop attachable to and detachable from the protruding portion, and a plurality of connectors connecting the prop to the supporting portion.   
     
     
         7 . The cooking appliance of  claim 2 , wherein the support is among a plurality of supports which are coupleable to the counter. 
     
     
         8 . The cooking appliance of  claim 7 , wherein the counter comprises a plurality of coupling holes to which the plurality of supports are inserted and coupled. 
     
     
         9 . The cooking appliance of  claim 8 , wherein the plurality of supports each comprise:
 a coupling projection insertable and coupleable to one of the plurality of coupling holes,   a supporting portion to support the simmer plate, and   a connector to connect the supporting portion to the coupling projection.   
     
     
         10 . The cooking appliance of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a ring-shaped heater arranged on a top of the simmer burner to heat the food container when heated by flames generated from the simmer burner.   
     
     
         11 . The cooking appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the simmer plate is circular with a diameter larger than a diameter of the heater. 
     
     
         12 . The cooking appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the food container is heated by convection heat resulting from flames generated from the simmer burner reaching the simmer plate and losing energy and radiation heat from the simmer plate heated by the flames generated from the simmer burner. 
     
     
         13 . The cooking appliance of  claim 12 , wherein the flames generated from the simmer burner are transferred to the food container by the radiation heat from the simmer plate having the diameter larger than the diameter of the heater, so that transfer of the heat to the food container is retarded. 
     
     
         14 . The cooking appliance of  claim 2 , wherein the glass material from which the simmer plate is formed is transparent, thereby allowing flames generated from the simmer burner to be checked from above the simmer plate. 
     
     
         15 . A cooking appliance comprising:
 a counter;   a burner arranged to protrude upwards from the counter and produce heat to heat a food container, and the burner including a simmer burner to slowly heat a food container;   a grate arranged on a top of the counter to support the food container over the burner to allow the food container to be heated by the heat produced from the burner;   a simmer plate arranged between the grate and the simmer burner to retard transfer of the heat produced from the simmer burner to the food container; and   a support on the counter to support the simmer plate, wherein the support is detachable from the counter.   
     
     
         16 . The cooking appliance of  claim 15 , wherein the simmer plate is formed of a transparent glass material, thereby allowing flames generated from the simmer burner to be checked from above the simmer plate. 
     
     
         17 . The cooking appliance of  claim 15 , wherein the simmer plate is formed of a stone material. 
     
     
         18 . The cooking appliance of  claim 15 , wherein the counter comprises:
 a protruding portion arranged to protrude upwards from the counter where the support is arranged on the protruding portion of the counter.   
     
     
         19 . The cooking appliance of  claim 18 , wherein the support comprises:
 a supporting portion to support the simmer plate,   a prop attachable to and detachable from the protruding portion, and   a plurality of connectors to connect the prop to the supporting portion.   
     
     
         20 . A cooking appliance comprising:
 a counter;   a burner arranged to protrude upwards from the counter and produce heat to heat a food container, the burner including a simmer burner to slowly heat the food container;   a ring-shaped heater arranged on a top of the simmer burner to heat the food container when heated by flames generated from the simmer burner;   a grate arranged on a top of the counter to support the food container over the simmer burner to allow the food container to be heated by the heat produced from the simmer burner;   a simmer plate arranged between the grate and the simmer burner, the simmer plate being circular with a diameter larger than a diameter of the heater to retard transfer of radiation heat from the flames generated from the simmer burner to the food container; and   a support arranged on the top of the counter to support the simmer plate.