Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing and a plate-shaped cooking chamber divider which divides a cooking chamber into upper and lower cooking chamber regions. A cooking food support can be inserted into a cooking food support slide-in level in the upper cooking chamber region at a distance from an upper face of the cooking chamber divider, such that the distance between the upper face of the inserted cooking chamber divider and an upper face of the inserted cooking food support is between 10 mm and 30 mm, and/or the upper cooking chamber region has a fixedly arranged heating element, with a distance between the upper face of the inserted cooking food support and the heating element in the upper cooking chamber region and/or an upper rim of a boundary flange which defines a loading opening of the cooking chamber is between 160 mm and 210 mm.

Abstract: A plate-shaped cooking compartment insert includes a base plate and a heating element arranged on an underside of the base plate. The heating element is arranged on a side remote from the underside of the base plate such that, at least in one region, the heating element is exposed downward. A delimitation web is formed on the underside and has at least one region which borders the heating element peripherally. The delimitation web overlaps with the heating element in height direction of the cooking compartment insert such that a lateral protection against touching the heating element is formed, when viewed in horizontal direction. The delimitation web has at least one region which is offset inward relative to a peripheral edge of the base plate, so that a region between the peripheral edge and an outer side of the delimitation web forms a handle zone for carrying the cooking compartment insert.

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking compartment including a cooking compartment divider slide-in level, and a plate-shaped cooking compartment divider designed for positioning in the cooking compartment on the cooking compartment divider slide-in level to divide the cooking compartment into an upper cooking compartment region and a lower cooking compartment region. A hot-air system supplies hot air into the cooking compartment. A wall delimits the cooking compartment and includes ventilation openings, through which the hot air of the hot-air system is supplied into the cooking compartment. The ventilation openings, viewed in a height direction of the cooking appliance, are arranged only above the cooking-chamber divider slide-in level.

Abstract: A cooking compartment insert for detachable installation in a cooking compartment of a cooking appliance is formed to be plate-shaped and includes a base unit designed as a frame that is open upward and downward and configured to delimit a free space, and a heating element arranged on the base unit on a side that is remote from an underside of the base unit such that, at least in one region, the heating element is exposed downward. The heating element is arranged in the free space surrounded by the frame, and arranged to be upwardly and downwardly exposed in relation to the frame.

Abstract: A lightwave oven for heating food in a cooking chamber includes an oven housing, a drawer that can be moved out and in through an opening in the oven housing and has a bottom plate, side walls, and a rear wall that bound the cooking chamber, and a front plate to close the opening in the oven housing. A top plate is disposed above the drawer. The top plate can be moved relative to the drawer in the oven housing, rests on the drawer when in an operating position, and, as a result, bounds the cooking chamber of the drawer from above. Such a lightwave oven is configured to simplify and make easier the cleaning of the cooking chamber, and can be constructed cost-effectively and, furthermore, can be used flexibly.

Abstract: A microwave device includes a cooking space disposed in a housing, at least one microwave source, and at least one further radiation source, as an alternative to the microwave source, which is protected from microwaves from the microwave source by a shielding grid. At least one grid wall of the shielding grid has a radiation reflector by which it is possible for rays from the alternative radiation source to be reflected into the cooking space.

Abstract: A microwave device includes a cooking space disposed in a housing, at least one microwave source, and at least one further radiation source, as an alternative to the microwave source, which is protected from microwaves from the microwave source by a shielding grid. At least one grid wall of the shielding grid has a radiation reflector by which it is possible for rays from the alternative radiation source to be reflected into the cooking space.

Abstract: A lightwave oven for heating food in a cooking chamber includes an oven housing, a drawer that can be moved out and in through an opening in the oven housing and has a bottom plate, side walls, and a rear wall that bound the cooking chamber, and a front plate to close the opening in the oven housing. A top plate is disposed above the drawer. The top plate can be moved relative to the drawer in the oven housing, rests on the drawer when in an operating position, and, as a result, bounds the cooking chamber of the drawer from above. Such a lightwave oven is configured to simplify and make easier the cleaning of the cooking chamber, and can be constructed cost-effectively and, furthermore, can be used flexibly.

Abstract: A microwave device includes a cooking space disposed in a housing, at least one microwave source, and at least one further radiation source, as an alternative to the microwave source, which may be protected from microwaves by a protective device. The protective device has a control unit by which it is possible to establish a protective state for the alternative radiation source.

Abstract: A lightwave oven includes a cooking chamber, at least one wall having a translucent region, at least one duct separated from the chamber by the wall, the duct having at least one inlet opening supplying cooling air therein and at least one outlet opening discharging the cooling air, at least one lightwave heating device heating food in the chamber, the heating device having at least one rod-shaped radiant lamp producing lightwaves, the radiant lamp being disposed within the duct and having a longitudinal extent, and at least one reflector surface for reflecting the lightwaves produced by the radiant lamp into the chamber, and the inlet opening and the outlet opening being disposed to direct the cooling air in the duct to flow substantially at right angles to the longitudinal extent of the radiant lamp.

Abstract: A lightwave oven includes a cooking chamber and at least one lightwave heating device that can be moved to and fro on a travel path between a first position and a second position. To distribute the lightwave energy emitted by the lightwave heating device as uniformly as possible in the entire lightwave oven, the lamp reflector is pivotally disposed in the lightwave oven, which achieves an improvement in the browning of edges of food to be cooked.

Abstract: A lightwave oven having a cooking chamber and at least one lightwave heating device for heating food in the cooking chamber, and at least one reflector for reflecting the lightwaves produced by the lightwave heating device in the direction of the food and improve thorough cooking and browning of the food. In addition to the radiant lamps of high color temperature, separate radiant lamps of low color temperature are provided to also improve browning of the food. In each case, two radiant lamps of different color temperature can be fixed to a common holder, the holder being held on a movement device such that it can be pivoted, and the radiant lamps radiating light in different directions.

Abstract: A lightwave oven includes a lightwave heating device having at least one radiant lamp and at least one reflector having a reflective surface whose geometric shape is formed by a generatrix. Improved thorough cooking and browning of food in the oven is achieved by using a common radiant lamp both for browning and for cooking, its reflector having a reflective surface produced from a generatrix having a curve lying between an elliptical and a parabolic curve, whose vertices lie at a common first point and whose focal points lie at a common second point.

Abstract: A cooking configuration includes a cooker having at least one control unit for controlling heat output of the cooker, an operating unit and a display unit each connected to the control unit, and a cooking space. The configuration also includes a cooktop having a sensor unit for weighing articles set down on the cooktop and establishing a weight measurement and a data line connecting the cooker to the cooktop. The sensor unit is connected to the control unit and communicates the weight measurement to the control unit. The cooker or the cooktop has an operating element for transferring the weight measurement from the sensor unit to the control unit. The operating element is connected to the control unit and the sensor unit and is disposed in the cooker or the cooktop.

Abstract: A cooking configuration includes a cooker having at least one control unit for controlling heat output of the cooker, an operating unit and a display unit each connected to the control unit, and a cooking space. The configuration also includes a cooktop having a sensor unit for weighing articles set down on the cooktop and establishing a weight measurement and a data line connecting the cooker to the cooktop. The sensor unit is connected to the control unit and communicates the weight measurement to the control unit. The cooker or the cooktop has an operating element for transferring the weight measurement from the sensor unit to the control unit. The operating element is connected to the control unit and the sensor unit and is disposed in the cooker or the cooktop.

Abstract: The sensor-controlled cooktop has a cooktop plate, in particular made of glass ceramic, with one or more defined cooking zones that can be heated with a heating element arranged below the cooktop plate. A heat radiation sensor unit is also arranged below the cooktop plate and is directed toward the underside of the latter in the region of a measuring spot of limited area. The sensor unit is connected to a control unit for regulating the heat output of the heating element. In order to achieve as accurate a regulation of the heat output as possible independently of the pot, there is provision, according to the invention, for the value of the transmittance of the material of the cooktop plate, at least in the region of the measuring spot, to be, at least in the spectral measuring range of the heat radiation sensor unit, lower than 30%, preferably lower than 10% and, in particular, approximately 0%.