Pef cooking device and method for applying pef pulses

A PEF cooking appliance, comprising:

• a container for food to be cooked, said container including two PEF electrodes which are spaced apart from one another and between which food to be cooked can be poured;
• a power factor correction filter connected to a supply voltage and configured to generate a pulse voltage greater than 600 V;
• an energy storage apparatus connected to the power factor correction filter;
• and
• two pulse forming apparatuses connected to the energy storage apparatus such that a first one of the two pulse forming apparatuses is connected to a first one of the two PEF electrodes and a second one of the pulse forming apparatuses is connected to a second one of the two PEF electrodes.

A method for applying PEF pulses to PEF electrodes of a PEF cooking appliance which PEF electrodes are arranged spaced apart from one another in a container for food to be cooked, said method comprising:

• upwardly converting by a power factor correction filter of the PEF cooking appliance a supply voltage to a pulse voltage;
• charging an energy storage apparatus of the PEF cooking appliance with the pulse voltage;
• converting the pulse voltage provided by the energy storage apparatus into PEF pulses of a value greater than 600 V;
• and
• applying the PEF pulses to the PEF electrodes.