The invention relates to a domestic baking device for baking a food product, in particular a flat bread, from a dough portion initially held in a portion capsule (2), comprising a baking apparatus for baking the dough portion and a capsule-emptying apparatus (7) for removing the dough portion from a portion capsule (2), the capsule-emptying apparatus (7) having at least one force application element, which can be moved along a movement path, for applying force to, in particular deforming and/or moving, the portion capsule (2), which force application element can be driven by means of an electric motor, the capsule-emptying apparatus (7) being assigned monitoring means for monitoring the portion capsule emptying operation, comprising comparing means, which are designed to monitor the curve of an electrical motor signal, in particular a current or voltage signal, over the movement path of the force application element for the reaching or exceeding of a reference signal (12), which changes over the movement path
