A mounting arrangement is provided for mounting a sensing box in an opening in an electric hot plate on which a cooking vessel is to stand. The sensing box is connected via a capillary tube to a controller and is pressed toward the cooking vessel by the force of a spring. The mounting arrangement comprises a holding member having a plurality of arms relative to which the sensing box is axially movable to a limited extent and which supports the pressing spring and holds resilient catch elements for securing the holding member on the hot plate. A spreader member limits the inward pressing of the sensing box into the opening by resting on the sensing box in its outer peripheral region. The holding member is a sheet metal member in the form of a star having a substantially flat central portion and at least four bent arms which form the catch or support arms, passages for the capillary tube connection or inlet nozzle being formed on the inner corners of the cutouts separating the arms from each other in the region of the substantially flat central portion of the holding member, the spreader stops corresponding in number to the arms of the holding member and being orientated relative to them.
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