Patent ID: 7717106

Claim:
A baking oven, comprising: a cooking area including a door in an opening of said cooking area; said door including a handle to open and close said door; a lighting device for lighting said cooking area producing a lighting intensity; a lighting control device coupled to said lighting device for switching on, holding the switched-on state and switching off said lighting device in accordance with a pre-determined time profile which defines the increasing, holding and reducing said lighting intensity; said lighting control device includes at least two different pre-determined time profiles for increasing, holding and reducing said lighting intensity said lighting control device utilizes one of said pre-determined time profiles depending upon the type of operation leading to the switching on of said lighting device; and at least one function switch operable by a user to initiate a cooking process, said lighting control device utilizing one of said at least two pre-determined time profiles for increasing, holding and reducing said lighting intensity of said cooking area lighting device in connection with a switching on of said at least one function switch, wherein one of said at least two pre-determined time profiles is operatively associated with the respective cooking process selected by the function switch and said lighting control device switches on said lighting device utilizing said one of said at least two pre-determined time profiles in accordance with the respective cooking process selected by the function switch.