The invention discloses a box type electric furnace. The box type electric furnace comprises a box type electric furnace body, an electric furnace box door, an electric furnace box body, a voltmeter,a display, a temperature adjusting knob, a start button, a shutdown button, an ammeter, an equipment compartment, a box door handle, a heating chamber, a heating chamber furnace door and a control box, the upper middle part of the box type electric furnace body is arranged as the electric furnace box body, the lower part of the box type electric furnace body is arranged as the equipment compartment, the box type electric furnace body is provided with the electric furnace box door corresponding to the electric furnace box body, the heating chamber is arranged at the inner middle of the electricfurnace box body, a heating element of the heating chamber is a high-temperature silicon carbon rod, the heating chamber is provided with a temperature sensor, the inner side of the electric furnacebox door is provided with a heating chamber furnace door corresponding to the heating chamber, the box door handle is arranged on the outer side of the electric furnace box door, the control box is installed inside the equipment compartment, and the control box comprises a microcomputer intelligent temperature control instrument, a crystal modular silicon controlled rectifier and a phase shiftingtrigger. According to the box type electric furnace, the energy consumption can be well reduced, the energy saving and environment protection requirements are met, the equipment cost is reduced, and the box type electric furnace is suitable for being popularized and used.