Cooking appliance

A cooking appliance, comprising:

• a cooking body defining an accommodation cavity;
• an inner pot provided in the accommodation cavity and defining a cooking cavity;
• and
• a separation device provided in the inner pot and having a liquid storage cavity and a backflow channel, the backflow channel having a first liquid flowing portion and a second liquid flowing portion disposed above the first liquid flowing portion, wherein the liquid storage cavity is in communication with the backflow channel through the first liquid flowing portion, wherein the cooking cavity is in communication with the backflow channel through the second liquid flowing portion, and wherein the separation device has a liquid inlet portion, the liquid storage cavity being in communication with the cooking cavity through the liquid inlet portion,
• wherein the separation device is provided with a flow guide portion at a bottom of the separation device, the flow guide portion being configured to guide a liquid in the cooking cavity to flow towards the liquid inlet portion.