Method for controlling the provision of electric power to an induction coil of an induction cooking appliance, the induction cooking appliance comprising a circuitry with an input, at least one switching element for providing pulsed electric power to the induction coil and a capacitor being connected in parallel to the switching element, the method comprising the steps of: - receiving rectified AC-voltage (V in) at the input of the circuitry; - discharging the capacitor in order to reduce the voltage provided to the switching element; - after at least partially discharging the capacitor, starting a switching operation of the switching element; - stopping the switching operation after a switching operation time; and - iterating the steps of discharging of capacitor, starting of switching operation and stopping of switching operation in subsequent periods of rectified AC-voltage (V in), - wherein the switching operations are started at or close to zero points of the rectified AC-voltage, - wherein said discharging is started during the periods of time in which the slope of the rectified AC-voltage is falling and stopped at or close to zero point of the rectified AC-voltage, so that discharging of the capacitor is performed during second sections of the periods of the rectified AC-voltage (Vin) which do not overlap with said first sections, - wherein during said switching operations, pulsed electric power is provided to the induction coil which causes an induction heating process, - wherein a said discharging entity is connected in parallel to the capacitor, characterized in that said discharging and said switching operation are repeated periodically with the periodicity of the rectified AC-voltage, to operate the induction cooking appliance at a reduced minimum power level without exceeding a maximum operating temperature of the switching element, and without switching pauses greater than the period of the rectified AC-voltage,and in that the switching operations are stopped during the rising slopes of the rectified AC- voltage before the rectified AC-voltage reaches its maximum value, so that said switching operations are performed only during first sections of the periods of the rectified AC-voltage (Vin) which are smaller than the entire periods of the rectified AC-voltage (Vin). - receiving rectified AC-voltage (V in) at the input of the circuitry; - discharging the capacitor in order to reduce the voltage provided to the switching element; - after at least partially discharging the capacitor, starting a switching operation of the switching element; - stopping the switching operation after a switching operation time; and - iterating the steps of discharging of capacitor, starting of switching operation and stopping of switching operation in subsequent periods of rectified AC-voltage (V in), - wherein the switching operations are started at or close to zero points of the rectified AC-voltage, - wherein said discharging is started during the periods of time in which the slope of the rectified AC-voltage is falling and stopped at or close to zero point of the rectified AC-voltage, so that discharging of the capacitor is performed during second sections of the periods of the rectified AC-voltage (Vin) which do not overlap with said first sections, - wherein during said switching operations, pulsed electric power is provided to the induction coil which causes an induction heating process, - wherein a said discharging entity is connected in parallel to the capacitor, said discharging and said switching operation are repeated periodically with the periodicity of the rectified AC-voltage, to operate the induction cooking appliance at a reduced minimum power level without exceeding a maximum operating temperature of the switching element, and without switching pauses greater than the period of the rectified AC-voltage,and in that the switching operations are stopped during the rising slopes of the rectified AC- voltage before the rectified AC-voltage reaches its maximum value, so that said switching operations are performed only during first sections of the periods of the rectified AC-voltage (Vin) which are smaller than the entire periods of the rectified AC-voltage (Vin).