Machine for cooking and/or pre-cooking thin unleavened loaves

A machine (1) for cooking and/or for pre-cooking thin unleavened loaves (2), has a heated cooking surface comprising a succession of cooking plates (6), positioned consecutively to each other along a direction (7) of flow of the loaves (2) from a loading station (4) for loading the loaves (2) to be cooked on the cooking surface to a removal station (5) for removing the cooked or precooked loaves (2). Each cooking plate (6) is rotatable about an axis (8) corresponding with its side (9) transversal to the direction (7) of flow from a receiving position, in which the cooking plate (6) considered can receive at least a loaf (2) to be cooked, to an overturned transfer position, in which the cooking plate (6) considered transfers the overturned loaf (2) either on the cooking plate (6) immediately following it along the direction (7) of flow, if the cooking plate (6) considered is not the last one in the succession, or on the removal station (5), if the cooking plate (6) considered is the last one in the succession. The first cooking plate (6) along the succession receives the loaf (2) from the loading station (4). Each cooking plate (6) comprises a checking element (29) having a checking surface (30) for the loaf (2) transversal to both the cooking plate (6) and the direction (7) of flow, the cooking plate (6) being rotatable a bout the axis (8) of rotation into a reset position inclined by a predetermined angle ( beta ) with respect to a horizontal plane (31) containing the axis (8) of rotation, so as to make the loaf (2) slide towards and stop against the check surface (30).