A cooking appliance having a power cable and a terminal box, the terminal box comprising a housing which accommodates a plurality of terminals (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) which are electrically connectable to the wires (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) of a power cable respectively, wherein the plurality of terminals (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) include two or more than two supply terminals (4a, 4b, 4c) and a ground terminal and a cover for accessing the housing, characterized in that - each supply terminal (4a, 4b, 4c) is integrally provided with crimping ears for establishing electrical connection with the corresponding wire (5a, 5b, 5c) of the power cable, a male or a female blade (9a, 9b, 9c) for establishing electrical connection with the corresponding female or male blade terminal of the cooking appliance respectively and a locking tab (10a, 10b, 10c) for fixing the supply terminal (4a,4b,4c) to the body of the housing and - the housing has two or more than two connector slots (11a, 11b, 11c) for respectively receiving and fixing the supply terminals (4a, 4b, 4c), wherein each connector slot (11a, 11b, 11c) is integrally formed into the body of the housing and wherein each connector slot (11a, 11b, 11c) has an abutment configured to catch the locking tab (10a, 10b, 10c) upon insertion of the supply terminal (4a,4b,4c) into the connector slot (11a, 11b, 11c), wherein the cover is releasably engageable with the body of the housing, - the housing has a hook for engaging with an alignment slot formed on a chassis of the cooking appliance, wherein the hook is formed on the body, and the cooking appliance comprises a protective metal casing which encloses at least the lower part of the cooking appliance and defines the chassis, wherein the protective metal casing has the alignment slot, one counterpart grounding hole and one or more than one counterpart fixing hole and a depression which has an insertion hole and wherein the housing of the terminal box is disposed within the insertion hole such that the connector slots (11a, 11b, 11c) are accessible from the interior whereas the cover and a fixing tab are both accessible from the exterior. - each supply terminal (4a, 4b, 4c) is integrally provided with crimping ears for establishing electrical connection with the corresponding wire (5a, 5b, 5c) of the power cable, a male or a female blade (9a, 9b, 9c) for establishing electrical connection with the corresponding female or male blade terminal of the cooking appliance respectively and a locking tab (10a, 10b, 10c) for fixing the supply terminal (4a,4b,4c) to the body of the housing and - the housing has two or more than two connector slots (11a, 11b, 11c) for respectively receiving and fixing the supply terminals (4a, 4b, 4c), wherein each connector slot (11a, 11b, 11c) is integrally formed into the body of the housing and wherein each connector slot (11a, 11b, 11c) has an abutment configured to catch the locking tab (10a, 10b, 10c) upon insertion of the supply terminal (4a,4b,4c) into the connector slot (11a, 11b, 11c), wherein the cover is releasably engageable with the body of the housing, - the housing has a hook for engaging with an alignment slot formed on a chassis of the cooking appliance, wherein the hook is formed on the body, and the cooking appliance comprises a protective metal casing which encloses at least the lower part of the cooking appliance and defines the chassis, wherein the protective metal casing has the alignment slot, one counterpart grounding hole and one or more than one counterpart fixing hole and a depression which has an insertion hole and wherein the housing of the terminal box is disposed within the insertion hole such that the connector slots (11a, 11b, 11c) are accessible from the interior whereas the cover and a fixing tab are both accessible from the exterior.