Standards Development

Scope

This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.

This part of IEC 60335 deals with the safety of electric portable appliances for household and similar purposes that have a cooking function such as baking, roasting and grilling, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V including direct current (DC) supplied appliances and battery-operated appliances.

NOTE 101 Examples of appliances that are within the scope of this standard are

– barbecues for indoor use;

– breadmakers;

– candy floss appliances;

– contact grills (griddles);

– cookers;

– food dehydrators;

– hotplates;

– induction wok hotplates;

– pop-corn makers;

– portable air fryers;

– portable ovens including ovens with forced air circulation;

– portable steam ovens;

– raclette grills;

– radiant grills;

– roasters;

– rotary grills;

– rotisseries;

– toasters;

– waffle irons.

NOTE 101 Examples are illustrated in Figure 101.

Note of the Secretary: The definition below is from IEC 60335-2-42:

forced convection oven oven intended for the cooking of food by heated air that is circulated by mechanical means within the cooking compartment

To improve the alignment in the terminology used in IEC 60335-2-6, IEC 60335-2-9 and IEC 60335-2-42, national committees are asked to consider whether this definition should be added to IEC 60335-2-9 and possibly IEC 60335-2-6. Currently, there is no defined term in IEC 60335-2-6 for forced convection ovens. Instead, these ovens are referred to as “ovens with forced air circulation”. This is the wording used throughout this document.

The addition of this definition would also differentiate between forced convection ovens and air fryers.

Appliances intended for normal household and similar use and that can also be used by laypersons in shops, in light industry and on farms, are within the scope of this standard. However, if the appliance is intended to be used professionally to process food for commercial consumption, the appliance is not considered to be for household and similar use only.

As far as is practicable, this standard deals with the common hazards presented by appliances that are encountered by all persons in and around the home. However, in general, it does not take into account

– persons (including children) whose

 physical, sensory or mental capabilities; or

 lack of experience and knowledge

prevents them from using the appliance safely without supervision or instruction;

– children playing with the appliance.

NOTE 102 Attention is drawn to the fact that

– for appliances intended to be used in vehicles or on board ships or aircraft, additional requirements can be necessary;

– in many countries, additional requirements are specified by the national health authorities, the national authorities responsible for the protection of labour and similar authorities.

NOTE 103 This standard does not apply to:  

– stationary ovens and stationary grills (IEC 60335-2-6);

– warming plates (IEC 60335-2-12);

– frying pans and deep fat fryers (IEC 60335-2-13);

– steam cookers (IEC 60335-2-15);

– microwave ovens (IEC 60335-2-25);

– barbecues for outdoor use (IEC 60335-2-78);

– appliances intended to burn charcoal or similar combustible fuels;

– appliances intended for commercial catering;

– appliances intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, such as the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas).