Electric oven

An enhanced electric oven (10) comprising an oven-body (12) and a vault or dome (14) which externally enclose an oven cavity or cooking cavity (17), a flue (16) for fume exhaust, a mouth (18) for accessing the oven cavity (17), closeable by way of a door (20), a dish supporting plane (22) placed outside the mouth (18), a lower heating plate (33), and an upper heating plate (33A) which accommodate electric resistors, the oven being characterized in that it comprises a modular and removable cooktop (34) made from a refractory material formed of individual modules (34) arranged adjacent to and coupled with each other, and means for controlling and distributing heat flow within the oven comprising at least one shield or plate-like element transversally arranged in the cooking cavity (17) in correspondence with the upper heating plate (33A) opposed to the cooktop (34) and hinged to and pivoting with respect to the upper heating plate (33A).