A loading and/or unloading station of at least one cooking device with a plurality of insertion levels defining insertion heights for food in at least one cooking chamber, the at least one insertion and/or food carrier which can be loaded with at least one food can be placed at each insertion height, the loading and/or unloading station including a sensing device for determining the loading of the cooking chamber, which has at least one camera device for recording images which are evaluated or can be evaluated in a data processing device.

A heat treatment system, comprises a tray holder with at least one tray for placing goods to be heated, a first heat treatment machine having a first heat treatment chamber adapted to accommodate the tray holder, the first heat treatment chamber having a first opening in a base part thereof, and an elevation apparatus configured to transport the tray holder between a first position within the first heat treatment chamber and a second position below the first heat treatment chamber through the first opening.

A heat treatment system, comprises a tray holder with at least one tray for placing goods to be heated, a first heat treatment machine having a first heat treatment chamber adapted to accommodate the tray holder, the first heat treatment chamber having a first opening in a base part thereof, and an elevation apparatus configured to transport the tray holder between a first position within the first heat treatment chamber and a second position below the first heat treatment chamber through the first opening.

A method for operating an oven appliance includes working an upper heating element and a lower heating element of the oven appliance during a normal operating mode in order to heat a cooking chamber of the oven appliance. The upper heating element is positioned at a top portion of the cooking chamber. The lower heating element is positioned below a baking stone at a bottom portion of the cooking chamber. The method also includes deactivating the upper heating element and working the lower heating element in order to heat the baking stone during a user selected standby operating mode.

A conveyor tunnel oven incorporating a main baking chamber having a longitudinal end wall and an oppositely longitudinal end wall; and food item intake and output ports respectively opening the main baking chamber at the longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal end walls; the conveyor tunnel oven further incorporating a food conveyor extending through the ports and the main baking chamber; conveyor tunnel oven further incorporating an auxiliary baking chamber and mounting plate combination attached to the main baking chamber, the mounting plate positioning the auxiliary baking chamber over a conveyor end selected from the group consisting of the food conveyor's longitudinal end and the food conveyor's oppositely longitudinal end.

A conveyor tunnel oven incorporating a main baking chamber having a longitudinal end wall and an oppositely longitudinal end wall; and food item intake and output ports respectively opening the main baking chamber at the longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal end walls; the conveyor tunnel oven further incorporating a food conveyor extending through the ports and the main baking chamber; conveyor tunnel oven further incorporating an auxiliary baking chamber and mounting plate combination attached to the main baking chamber, the mounting plate positioning the auxiliary baking chamber over a conveyor end selected from the group consisting of the food conveyor's longitudinal end and the food conveyor's oppositely longitudinal end.

A cooking appliance includes a cooking compartment with an oven bottom. The oven bottom includes a cooking surface. A cooking member may include the cooking surface. The cooking member may extend from the cooking compartment to the heating compartment. A bottom cover of the oven bottom may include a carrier and the cooking member. The oven bottom with cooking surface may be used in a variety of applications.

A nesting bakery oven rack has first and second vertical side panels extending between the front and the rear of the rack. The rack has a generally x-shaped base comprising a first diagonal brace extending from a point adjacent the front of the first side panel to a point adjacent the rear of the second side panel. A first slot in the first side panel extends from the rear of the first side panel toward the front to accommodate the first brace of another nesting bakery oven rack nested with the nesting bakery oven rack at the rear. A second slot in the second side panel extends from the front of the second side panel toward the rear of the second side panel to accommodate the first diagonal brace of another nesting bakery oven rack nested with the nesting bakery oven rack at the front. A second diagonal brace extending from a point adjacent the front of the second side panel to a point adjacent the rear of the first side panel, the ends of the second diagonal brace being out of the horizontal plane of first brace.

A nesting bakery oven rack has first and second vertical side panels extending between the front and the rear of the rack. The rack has a generally x-shaped base comprising a first diagonal brace extending from a point adjacent the front of the first side panel to a point adjacent the rear of the second side panel. A first slot in the first side panel extends from the rear of the first side panel toward the front to accommodate the first brace of another nesting bakery oven rack nested with the nesting bakery oven rack at the rear. A second slot in the second side panel extends from the front of the second side panel toward the rear of the second side panel to accommodate the first diagonal brace of another nesting bakery oven rack nested with the nesting bakery oven rack at the front. A second diagonal brace extending from a point adjacent the front of the second side panel to a point adjacent the rear of the first side panel, the ends of the second diagonal brace being out of the horizontal plane of first brace.