Portable cooking apparatus with a removable work table

Portable cooking apparatus comprising a housing having an exterior surface, means on said housing for supporting a cooking vessel, means in said housing for heating a supported cooking vessel, at least three spaced tubular housing brackets attached to said exterior surface, said housing brackets each having a generally vertically directed opening extending therethrough with each bracket opening having open upper and lower ends, at least three tubular legs each having an open upper end and a lower end, said upper ends having a shape for telescoping into said lower housing bracket ends whereby said legs are removably attached to said housing, a work table, and means for removably attaching said work table to at least two of said housing brackets, said work table attaching means including at least two support brackets attached to said table, said support brackets each including an end which telescopes through a different upper housing bracket end and into an open upper end of a tubular leg within such housing bracket, whereby the supported portion of both the leg and the support bracket are coaxially located within the housing bracket.