Cooking menu selecting device of a heating apparatus

A heating apparatus comprising:

• a) menu display means for displaying a plurality of cooking menus divided into a plurality of groups, each group including a plurality of cooking menus, the menu display means having light transmissibility;
• b) light-emitting elements provided on the menu display means each one identifying a cooking menu respectively;
• c) backlights provided on a back face of the menu display means for illuminating the cooking menu groups respectively from behind the menu displaying means;
• d) a menu selecting dial connected to the menu display means so that one of the cooking menus is selected when rotatively moved;
• e) display control means connected to the light-emitting elements and the backlights for actuating the light-emitting element corresponding to the cooking menu selected by the rotative movement of the menu selecting dial and actuating the backlight corresponding to the cooking menu group to which the selected cooking menu belongs;
• f) heating means for heating an object to be cooked;
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• g) heating control means connected to the heating means and the menu selecting dial for controlling the heating means so that a heating operation is automatically executed in accordance with the cooking menu selected by rotative movement of the menu selecting dial.