Electric cooker

An electric cooker comprising:

• a base body provided with an electric heater;
• a lower die plate detachably mounted on an upper surface of the base body;
• a lid member which is provided with an electric heater and is pivotably supported to the base body in a relatively pivotable manner by a hinge shaft oriented in a lateral direction such that the lid member is capable of upward pivoting;
• an upper die plate detachably mounted on a lower surface of the lid member such that a lower surface of the upper die plate overlaps with an upper surface of the lower die plate;
• and
• a hinge-shaft-height adjustment mechanism capable of adjusting a vertical position of the hinge shaft;
• wherein the hinge-shaft-height adjustment mechanism includes
• a support portion mounted on the base body;
• an adjustment guide hole formed on the support portion to have a wide-width portion and a narrow-width portion alternately in a vertical direction;
• the hinge shaft formed with an engaging shaft portion on an end portion, the engaging shaft portion being engaged with the adjustment guide hole to be capable of moving vertically and rotating;
• and
• an operating lever capable of pivoting integrally with the hinge shaft, and
• wherein the engaging shaft portion is capable of moving from either the wide-width portion in an upper or lower side to the other of these wide-width portions through the narrow-width portion by rotating at a predetermined angle according to a pivoting operation of the operating lever.