Apparatus for the heat treatment of bakery products, having - a housing, which bounds a baking compartment, - a first conveyor device having an endless conveyor belt for conveying the bakery products in a conveying direction, wherein the first conveyor device has at least two deflecting pulleys (12a, 12b) on the output side for the endless conveyor belt, the deflecting pulleys being arranged opposite vertically and horizontally with respect to each other, - a feeding portion for feeding the bakery products onto the first conveyor device, - at least one heating device within the housing for heating the bakery products, - a delivery portion for delivering the bakery products, wherein the delivery portion is provided in the conveying direction such that the first conveyor device conveys the bakery products from the feeding portion through the baking compartment to the delivery portion, and - a transfer portion for transferring the bakery products, wherein -- the transfer portion is arranged on the output side in the conveying direction adjacent to the delivery portion and -- has a transfer device with a delivery element, characterized in that the desired conveyor belt deflecting angle can be set between 10° and 45° by adjusting a horizontal distance between the at least two deflecting pulleys (12a, 12b), and therefore the angle can be adapted to the bakery products to be conveyed in each case, and the delivery element of the transfer device is arranged in the region of the at least two deflecting pulleys (12a, 12b) on the output side, wherein the delivery element is arranged as close as possible to the endless conveyor belt of the first conveyor device without touching said conveyor belt, and the endless conveyor belt of the first conveyor device is in the form of a slat conveyor. - a housing, which bounds a baking compartment, - a first conveyor device having an endless conveyor belt for conveying the bakery products in a conveying direction, wherein the first conveyor device has at least two deflecting pulleys (12a, 12b) on the output side for the endless conveyor belt, the deflecting pulleys being arranged opposite vertically and horizontally with respect to each other, - a feeding portion for feeding the bakery products onto the first conveyor device, - at least one heating device within the housing for heating the bakery products, - a delivery portion for delivering the bakery products, wherein the delivery portion is provided in the conveying direction such that the first conveyor device conveys the bakery products from the feeding portion through the baking compartment to the delivery portion, and - a transfer portion for transferring the bakery products, wherein -- the transfer portion is arranged on the output side in the conveying direction adjacent to the delivery portion and -- has a transfer device with a delivery element, characterized in that the desired conveyor belt deflecting angle can be set between 10° and 45° by adjusting a horizontal distance between the at least two deflecting pulleys (12a, 12b), and therefore the angle can be adapted to the bakery products to be conveyed in each case, and the delivery element of the transfer device is arranged in the region of the at least two deflecting pulleys (12a, 12b) on the output side, wherein the delivery element is arranged as close as possible to the endless conveyor belt of the first conveyor device without touching said conveyor belt, and the endless conveyor belt of the first conveyor device is in the form of a slat conveyor. -- the transfer portion is arranged on the output side in the conveying direction adjacent to the delivery portion and -- has a transfer device with a delivery element,