Pyrolytic oven with a variable heating speed

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A pyrolytically cleaned domestic cooking oven including: an oven compartment, heating elements for heating the oven during cooking and pyrolytic cleaning, a catalyst for combustion of smoke given off during pyrolytic cleaning, said catalyst formed by a block pierced with a plurality of ducts which pass through said block to allow the smoke to pass over a large contact surface of said block, a temperature sensor positioned inside the body of the catalyst in one of said ducts to generate a temperature signal to regulate the heating control of the oven during pyrolytic cleaning, an electronic control connected in series with the oven heating elements, an electronic regulator connected to said temperature sensor to control said electronic control, a thermostat placed in series with the electronic control in order to regulate the maximum temperature of pyrolytic cleaning, and wherein said catalyst includes a heating resistor and said temperature sensor is placed in a position where it is protected from the direct influence of said catalyst heating resistor.