Cooking appliance (1) for cooking on wood, comprising: - a housing (50) having a housing base (51) and one or more housing side walls (52), wherein the housing base (51) has an opening (53); - a
combustion chamber (10) arranged within the housing (50) and having a
combustion chamber base (12) and one or more side walls of the
combustion chamber (15), wherein the side walls of the
combustion chamber (15) comprise, in an upper region, a number of air inlets (11) designed to suck air into the
combustion chamber (10), - an
intermediate space (20) arranged between the housing (50) and the
combustion chamber (10); - an air distribution chamber (70) located within the housing and below the combustion chamber (10), the air distribution chamber (70) being in
open communication with the intermediate chamber (20); - a
mechanical fan (30) arranged beneath the housing and designed to generate an air flow through the opening in the housing base through the air distribution space to the
intermediate space, wherein the combustion chamber base (12) has a number of air inlets (13) for drawing air from the air distribution chamber (70) into the combustion chamber (10), and wherein the side walls of the combustion chamber (15) have, in a lower region, a number of openings (14) designed for the
discharge of
wood gas from the combustion chamber (10) into the
intermediate space (20), at least during use, wherein the combustion chamber (10) is box-shaped, and wherein the side walls of the combustion chamber (15) are rectangular and the housing side walls (52) are rectangular.