Abstract: Electric cooking apparatus having a base (1) in the shape of a frame with an open bottom, a removable pan (2) adapted to rest on the base, a cooking grille (3) for food disposed above the pan (2), and an electric heating resistance (4) disposed below the grille (3) on a support (5) and including a handle (6) adapted to rest in a recess (8) of the base (1). The handle (6) comprises a control switch (9) for the supply of electricity to the resistance (4) whose closing is subordinated, on the one hand, to the correct positioning of the handle (6) in the recess (8), and, on the other hand, to the actuation of an actuator or a transmitter (10) fixed to the base and adapted to detect the presence of the pan (2) on the base (1). The transmitter (10) is a member mounted movably on the base (1) whose one end (11) is adapted to come into contact with the pan (2) and whose other end (12) is adapted to control the switch (9).