Loading and unloading station and also loading and/or unloading method of a cooking apparatus to determine the load of the cooking chamber of the cooking device

A system, comprising:

• a loading or unloading station of at least one cooking device with a plurality of insertion levels defining insertion heights for food in at least one cooking chamber;
• a movable carrying or receiving device for at least one cooking product carrier in the form of a tray rack trolley or a tray rack;
• a sensing device for determining the loading of the cooking chamber, comprising at least one camera device for recording images;
• and
• a data processing device in which the images are evaluated or can be evaluated,
• wherein at least one insert of the tray rack trolley or a food carrier of the tray rack trolley, which can be loaded with at least one cooking good, can be placed at each insertion height,
• wherein the camera device comprises at least one camera which is mounted or mountable on a frame of the loading or unloading station or on a rack of the carrying or receiving device, and
• wherein the carrying or receiving device is equipped with an optical mark or an element of an electromagnetic identification system and is identifiable by one or more of the loading or unloading station or the cooking device, automatically or on request,
• wherein image features are evaluated using the data processing device, and wherein the image features are evaluated for locating edges of at least one of inserts or food carriers and for detecting food on the at least one of inserts or food carriers, and
• wherein one or more of the loading or unloading station or the carrying or receiving device is movable in a controlled manner via the control device.