Cooking appliance

A cooking appliance, comprising at least one cooking appliance apparatus said cooking appliance apparatus comprising at least one mechanical switch including at least one armature element and at least one driver coil, said at least one driver coil being configured to at least initiate at least one switching operation of the at least one armature element, at least one driver circuit configured to supply at least one mean coil voltage for the at least one driver coil, and a control unit configured to supply at least one control signal for controlling the at least one driver circuit, said control unit being configured to divide the at least one switching operation into at least one first time subrange and at least one second time subrange and to operate the at least one driver coil differently via the at least one driver circuit in the at least first and second time subranges,

• wherein the at least one armature element bounces between an open state and a closed state a plurality of times in the at least one second time subrange.