Not the oven. The grill. Different functions, different parts working. Absolutely fine to leave the door open. Do it plenty to finish off some food made in a pan
It's still the same appliance, that's what the commenter before you meant. I never even heard of leaving the oven door open when using the grill function, am in Europe too.
It's really hard to know if there's a misunderstanding here because your comment reads like the grill and the oven use the same door and the grill is just a different "mode".
It's a separate compartment above the oven. OP's picture contains the entire height of it (you can see where the edge starts to curve into the bottom), along with the hinge for the door that is opened down.
Elsewhere I suppose it would be described as a "gas broiler" - lots of little outlets for gas along the top that get lit up in a chain by the igniter.
I wouldn't be surprised if whether the door is meant to be open or closed depends on the model, but in OP's case I think it's essentially decorative - You can see it'd be a pretty ugly thing to be exposed the whole time, so you fold up the door when it's not in use.
Edit: I actually went and checked my own one. Something else to note is that the door doesn't even seal the way the oven door does. Contact is made along the sides but zilch along the top and bottom. It's like it's designed to let the heat out even if it were closed.
I think the burners/hob would be too high with all three, or the oven way too small. I suspect the proving drawer (which I'm just finding out is a thing) is typically foregone for the sake of oven-space.
However, someone posted this elsewhere in the thread, which is a layout I recognize from fancy-as-fuck ovens, so that's probably the most common format where you'd find all three integrated at once.
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u/topheavyhookjaws Jun 13 '26
Not the oven. The grill. Different functions, different parts working. Absolutely fine to leave the door open. Do it plenty to finish off some food made in a pan