Domestic appliance having a plurality of control elements

The application relates to a household appliance having a plurality of control elements (5-14), of which at least one is a lock operating element (6), wherein upon actuation of the lock operating element (6) at least one other operating element (5, 7-14) is locked in its function. In this case, the locking of the at least one other operating element (5, 7-14) after a predetermined duration since the locking operation of the locking control element (6) is automatically lifted.