Apparatus for cooking food

An apparatus for cooking food with superheated steam, the apparatus comprising:

• an outer casing, which comprises inside the outer casing a cooking chamber, adapted to contain one or more foods;
• a steam generating device associated with said casing, adapted to vaporize a liquid, said steam generating device comprising a body comprising at least one heating element and at least one thermally conductive element, said at least one heating element being adapted to heat said liquid inserted, in use, inside said steam generating device, said heating element also being adapted to heat said thermally conductive element so as to store in said thermally conductive element a predetermined amount of energy to be used to generate steam;
• a superheating device of said steam, associated with said steam generation device, said superheating device being configured to heat said steam to an operating temperature, which is higher than the boiling temperature of said liquid and to allow said superheated steam to come out towards said cooking chamber, said superheating device comprising a containment body, a support member made of a non-electrically conductive material, which is arranged inside said containment body, said support member having at least one channel passing through said support member, to allow the passage of said steam, at least one electrically conductive element arranged in said at least one channel of said support member, said at least one electrically conductive element being fed, in use, by an electric power source to be heated to a temperature such as to emit electromagnetic radiations, said steam being heated, in use, by said electromagnetic radiation by irradiation.