Self-basting cooking apparatus and method

The present invention relates generally to cooking apparatus, and in particular, to a cooking apparatus for automatically basting food prepared therein. A cooking apparatus () includes a housing (), a food supporting structure (), such as a grill and/or a rotisserie and a heat source below the food supporting structure. A delivery tube () ends in a plurality of nozzles () spaced from each other and above the food supporting structure. A pump () is selectively activated by an electronic control circuit to inject a basting liquid into the delivery tube from a supply tube (). By periodically activating the pump, a basting liquid is applied to food.