An appliance , wherein the appliance comprises, - a plurality of feet for placing the appliance on a worktop; - at least one scale sensor for at least one of the plurality of feet ; and - a control unit ; wherein the control unit is configured to - determine a first scale sensor measurement signal of the first scale sensor at the first foot of the appliance ; wherein the first scale sensor measurement signal comprises a sequence of scale sensor measurement values for a corresponding sequence of time instants ; wherein a scale sensor measurement value for a time instant is indicative of a force acting on the first scale sensor at the time instant ; and - analyze the first scale sensor measurement signal ; and - in dependence of the analyzing, perform a safety measure directed at preventing the appliance from falling-off of the worktop; the appliance being characterized in that the control unit is configured to - determine, based on the first scale sensor measurement signal , whether or not the first foot is at least temporarily out of contact with the worktop; and - perform the safety measure, if it is determined that the first foot is at least temporarily out of contact with the worktop. - a plurality of feet for placing the appliance on a worktop; - at least one scale sensor for at least one of the plurality of feet ; and - a control unit ; wherein the control unit is configured to - determine a first scale sensor measurement signal of the first scale sensor at the first foot of the appliance ; wherein the first scale sensor measurement signal comprises a sequence of scale sensor measurement values for a corresponding sequence of time instants ; wherein a scale sensor measurement value for a time instant is indicative of a force acting on the first scale sensor at the time instant ; and - analyze the first scale sensor measurement signal ; and - in dependence of the analyzing, perform a safety measure directed at preventing the appliance from falling-off of the worktop; the appliance being characterized in that the control unit is configured to - determine, based on the first scale sensor measurement signal , whether or not the first foot is at least temporarily out of contact with the worktop; and - perform the safety measure, if it is determined that the first foot is at least temporarily out of contact with the worktop. - determine a first scale sensor measurement signal of the first scale sensor at the first foot of the appliance ; wherein the first scale sensor measurement signal comprises a sequence of scale sensor measurement values for a corresponding sequence of time instants ; wherein a scale sensor measurement value for a time instant is indicative of a force acting on the first scale sensor at the time instant ; and - analyze the first scale sensor measurement signal ; and - in dependence of the analyzing, perform a safety measure directed at preventing the appliance from falling-off of the worktop; the appliance being characterized in that the control unit is configured to - determine, based on the first scale sensor measurement signal , whether or not the first foot is at least temporarily out of contact with the worktop; and - perform the safety measure, if it is determined that the first foot is at least temporarily out of contact with the worktop. <EOS>