Patent ID: 8319160

Claim:
Galley oven ( 10 ) for preparing food on board an aircraft, comprising: a housing ( 12 ), and a rack ( 18 ), which is introducable into the housing ( 12 ) and removable from the housing ( 12 ) and comprises a retaining element ( 22 ) and a plurality of receiving devices ( 24 ) for receiving food containers ( 26 ) that are to be heated in the galley oven ( 10 ), wherein the galley oven ( 10 ) includes at least one cover plate ( 44 a , 44 b ) that is fastenable detachably to an end face of the rack ( 18 ), and wherein the retaining element ( 22 ) is of a hollow construction and adapted so as to receive the cover plate ( 44 a , 44 b ) when the cover plate ( 44 a , 44 b ) is not fastened to the end face of the rack ( 18 ).