Hot air cooking appliance which comprises a heating block arranged in the upper part, a base arranged in the lower part and comprising a housing above which the heating block is located, and at least one cooking vessel provided with an upper opening, said housing being capable of receiving the cooking vessel by having its upper opening facing said heating block, the base comprising a front opening communicating with the housing, so as to enable the insertion of the cooking vessel in said housing and its removal of it by passing through said front opening, said appliance comprising a locking device arranged between the cooking vessel and the base and mobile between a locked position, wherein said cooking vessel is immobilised in position inserted in the housing of the base and an unlocked position, wherein the cooking vessel is free to move vis-à-vis the housing of the base, the base comprising two side walls (5, 6) each provided with a free edge (5a, 6a) contiguous to the front opening and a transverse cutout (15, 16) on said side wall (5, 6) and opening onto said free edge (5a, 6a), each of said cutouts (15, 16) being capable of receiving a gripping element of the cooking vessel by letting the side walls (5, 6) pass outside, so as to preserve manual access to each gripping element of said cooking vessel by said side walls (5, 6) during the insertion or the removal from the cooking vessel of said housing, the locking device comprising the gripping elements of the cooking vessel and the cutouts (15, 16) of the side walls (5, 6) of the base, characterised in that the gripping elements are hinged on the cooking vessel to be placed either in a deployed position according to which said gripping elements enable the handling of the container and can be inserted in the cutouts (15, 16) of the side walls (5, 6) of the base, either in a folded position according to which said gripping elements, in position in the cutouts, engage with abutment elements on the external faces (19, 20) of the side walls (5, 6) and prohibit the removal of the container from the housing. the base comprising two side walls (5, 6) each provided with a free edge (5a, 6a) contiguous to the front opening and a transverse cutout (15, 16) on said side wall (5, 6) and opening onto said free edge (5a, 6a), each of said cutouts (15, 16) being capable of receiving a gripping element of the cooking vessel by letting the side walls (5, 6) pass outside, so as to preserve manual access to each gripping element of said cooking vessel by said side walls (5, 6) during the insertion or the removal from the cooking vessel of said housing, the locking device comprising the gripping elements of the cooking vessel and the cutouts (15, 16) of the side walls (5, 6) of the base, characterised in that the gripping elements are hinged on the cooking vessel to be placed either in a deployed position according to which said gripping elements enable the handling of the container and can be inserted in the cutouts (15, 16) of the side walls (5, 6) of the base, either in a folded position according to which said gripping elements, in position in the cutouts, engage with abutment elements on the external faces (19, 20) of the side walls (5, 6) and prohibit the removal of the container from the housing.