To provide an automatic cooking apparatus that can automatically set cooking conditions (heating time) according to the amount of charged foodstuff, can store the cooking conditions that a cook likes, and further can automatically interrupt cooking when no foodstuff is charged.

A CPU section 34 generates a voice guidance such as "Please enter meat." or the like via a speech synthesis section 35 and a speaker 36. The CPU section 34 monitors the output of a weight sensor 23, obtains the amount of charged meat from a weight increment, sets the heating power and heating time for heating meat, and adjusts the opening of a gas flow valve 21. The CPU 34 extinguishes a gas burner 2 when no meat is charged even after specific time. An operation input section consisting of a liquid crystal display 38 and a touch panel 39 is used to set the cooking conditions that the cook likes. The setting data are additionally registered at a cooking program and are used preferentially.