Cooking device with a steam-generating element

A cooking device comprising:

• at least one oven chamber operable to receive food that is to be cooked;
• a steam-generating element for generating steam, the steam-generating element including at least one reservoir configured to store, at least partially, water used for generating the steam;
• a coupling element through which the water used for generating the steam is fed, at least in part, to the steam-generating element, the coupling element including a connecting element configured to connect to a fixed water connection;
• a steam outlet element;
• and
• a pipe element disposed between the coupling element and the steam-generating element, the pipe element including a free-fall section, a vertically extending portion disposed above the free-fall section, the vertically extending portion being connected to the coupling element, and a water-conveying element at least partially disposed in the free-fall section of the pipe element, the water-conveying element being comprised of at least two sections of an inner wall of the pipe element, a first section of the inner wall extending adjacent to an upper section of the free-fall section, and a second section of the inner wall extending adjacent to a lower section of the free-fall section, the pipe element, within its walls, separating steam being outlet from water being fed
• wherein the pipe element is connected at a lower end thereof to the at least one reservoir and at an upper end thereof to the steam outlet element, the steam outlet element being disposed above the free-fail section, and
• wherein the first section of the inner wall of the pipe element extends, from a lower end of the vertically extending portion, upward and toward the steam outlet element, and the second section of the inner wall of the pipe element extends upward and toward the steam outlet element.