A connected oven, comprising: • an oven body defining a cooking cavity, the oven body comprising an oven base and an oven top; • an oven door mounted to the oven body, the oven door comprising: • a transparent window coextensive with the cooking cavity, the transparent window optically connecting an ambient environment with the cooking cavity; • a first and second panel (212; 214) offset by a gap, wherein the transparent window is defined by aligned transparent regions of the first and second panels (212; 214), wherein the transparent regions have the same visual transmittance, and wherein the second panel is removably coupled to an interior surface of the first panel, the first panel being actuatably mounted to the oven body; • a magnetic element removably coupling the first panel to the second panel; • an optical sensor defining a field of view, the optical sensor mounted within the oven body and arranged along the oven top with the field of view directed toward the cooking cavity; • a heating element mounted proximal the optical sensor; • a user interface unit comprising a touchscreen overlaying a display, the user interface unit defining a broad face, the user interface unit mounted to the oven door and arranged with a normal vector to the broad face intersecting the cooking cavity; and • a processing system connected to the optical sensor, the heating element, and the user interface unit, the processing system configured to: • automatically determine a classification for foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on an image recorded by the optical sensor; and • automatically operate the heating element based on the classification. • an oven body defining a cooking cavity, the oven body comprising an oven base and an oven top; • an oven door mounted to the oven body, the oven door comprising: • a transparent window coextensive with the cooking cavity, the transparent window optically connecting an ambient environment with the cooking cavity; • a first and second panel (212; 214) offset by a gap, wherein the transparent window is defined by aligned transparent regions of the first and second panels (212; 214), wherein the transparent regions have the same visual transmittance, and wherein the second panel is removably coupled to an interior surface of the first panel, the first panel being actuatably mounted to the oven body; • a magnetic element removably coupling the first panel to the second panel; • a transparent window coextensive with the cooking cavity, the transparent window optically connecting an ambient environment with the cooking cavity; • a first and second panel (212; 214) offset by a gap, wherein the transparent window is defined by aligned transparent regions of the first and second panels (212; 214), wherein the transparent regions have the same visual transmittance, and wherein the second panel is removably coupled to an interior surface of the first panel, the first panel being actuatably mounted to the oven body; • a magnetic element removably coupling the first panel to the second panel; • an optical sensor defining a field of view, the optical sensor mounted within the oven body and arranged along the oven top with the field of view directed toward the cooking cavity; • a heating element mounted proximal the optical sensor; • a user interface unit comprising a touchscreen overlaying a display, the user interface unit defining a broad face, the user interface unit mounted to the oven door and arranged with a normal vector to the broad face intersecting the cooking cavity; and • a processing system connected to the optical sensor, the heating element, and the user interface unit, the processing system configured to: • automatically determine a classification for foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on an image recorded by the optical sensor; and • automatically operate the heating element based on the classification. • automatically determine a classification for foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on an image recorded by the optical sensor; and • automatically operate the heating element based on the classification.