Horizontal hinge (2; 9) for a cooking appliance door , having - a rotatable hinge arm protruding from the front face of a hinge housing for retaining the cooking appliance door , - a lifting rod (107; 14) protruding from the rear face of the hinge housing and coupled to the hinge arm , said lifting rod being pivotable with a rotation of the hinge arm , and - a compression spring which is placed over the lifting rod (107; 14) outside the hinge housing and which is held under compressive stress between the hinge housing and a bearing portion of the lifting rod (107; 14), wherein - a tilting element (3; 11) tiltably bearing against the hinge housing is present between the compression spring and the hinge housing , characterised in that - the tilting element (3; 11) is a washer which in the centre has a continuous projecting web , which web faces the hinge housing , wherein the web provides a bearing surface relative to the hinge housing , the washer being pivotable about said bearing surface, - the tilting element (3; 11) fully adapts to the angular alterations of the lifting rod (107; 14) when rotating the cooking appliance door and thus of the hinge arm , by its own pivoting or rotation relative to the hinge housing , so that -- the tilting element (3; 11) is entrained with the rotation of the lifting rod (107; 14), and -- in all positions of the lifting rod (107; 14) the compression spring remains entirely straight and undesirable friction is not produced on the lifting rod (107; 14). - a rotatable hinge arm protruding from the front face of a hinge housing for retaining the cooking appliance door , - a lifting rod (107; 14) protruding from the rear face of the hinge housing and coupled to the hinge arm , said lifting rod being pivotable with a rotation of the hinge arm , and - a compression spring which is placed over the lifting rod (107; 14) outside the hinge housing and which is held under compressive stress between the hinge housing and a bearing portion of the lifting rod (107; 14), wherein - a tilting element (3; 11) tiltably bearing against the hinge housing is present between the compression spring and the hinge housing , characterised in that - the tilting element (3; 11) is a washer which in the centre has a continuous projecting web , which web faces the hinge housing , wherein the web provides a bearing surface relative to the hinge housing , the washer being pivotable about said bearing surface, - the tilting element (3; 11) fully adapts to the angular alterations of the lifting rod (107; 14) when rotating the cooking appliance door and thus of the hinge arm , by its own pivoting or rotation relative to the hinge housing , so that -- the tilting element (3; 11) is entrained with the rotation of the lifting rod (107; 14), and -- in all positions of the lifting rod (107; 14) the compression spring remains entirely straight and undesirable friction is not produced on the lifting rod (107; 14). -- the tilting element (3; 11) is entrained with the rotation of the lifting rod (107; 14), and -- in all positions of the lifting rod (107; 14) the compression spring remains entirely straight and undesirable friction is not produced on the lifting rod (107; 14). <EOS>