Abstract:
The invention relates to a cooking appliance (1) comprising a door (3) for closing a cooking chamber, said door (3) being lowerable into a stowage compartment (14) in a housing (2) of the cooking appliance (1) that further comprises a door opening mechanism (26) for automatically moving the door (3) at least in some sections of an entire movement path extending between a closed position and an open position of the door (3); the door opening mechanism (26) includes an actuation unit (31) by means of which the door (3) can be automatically tilted from the closed position into an intermediate position which is characterized in that the further movement of the door (3) from the intermediate position into the open position, in which the door (3) is retracted in the stowage compartment (14), is performed automatically under the force of gravity of the door (3). The invention also relates to a method for opening a door (3) of the cooking appliance (1).