Method for cleaning a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance by means of a cleaning liquid during a cleaning process having at least one cleaning cycle, the cooking appliance being designed having a cooking chamber, a distribution system for a cleaning liquid for cleaning the cooking chamber, and a circulation system for circulating the cleaning liquid, having a pump, an outlet line and an inlet line, the pump being fluidically connected by means of the outlet line to an outlet of the cooking chamber, which outlet is arranged in a cooking chamber floor of the cooking chamber, and being fluidically connected by means of the inlet line to an inlet opening of the distribution system, and the distribution system comprising a distribution disc having a pintle for connection, preferably for torque-transmitting connection, to a shaft of the cooking appliance, the method comprising the following method steps: - supplying the distribution disc with cleaning liquid by means of the inlet line and the inlet opening; - varying a rotational speed of the distribution disc of the distribution system, a rotational speed of the distribution disc being varied on the basis of a predetermined cleaning program stored in a control means of the cooking appliance, characterised in that the cleaning program is designed such that, at the beginning of the at least one cleaning cycle, the distribution disc is operated at a maximum rotational speed of the cleaning cycle, and the rotational speed is reduced after a predetermined time interval, and the maximum rotational speed is in a range between 3,000 and 9,000 revolutions per minute. the cooking appliance being designed having a cooking chamber, a distribution system for a cleaning liquid for cleaning the cooking chamber, and a circulation system for circulating the cleaning liquid, having a pump, an outlet line and an inlet line, the pump being fluidically connected by means of the outlet line to an outlet of the cooking chamber, which outlet is arranged in a cooking chamber floor of the cooking chamber, and being fluidically connected by means of the inlet line to an inlet opening of the distribution system, and the distribution system comprising a distribution disc having a pintle for connection, preferably for torque-transmitting connection, to a shaft of the cooking appliance, the method comprising the following method steps: - supplying the distribution disc with cleaning liquid by means of the inlet line and the inlet opening; - varying a rotational speed of the distribution disc of the distribution system, - supplying the distribution disc with cleaning liquid by means of the inlet line and the inlet opening; - varying a rotational speed of the distribution disc of the distribution system, a rotational speed of the distribution disc being varied on the basis of a predetermined cleaning program stored in a control means of the cooking appliance, characterised in that the cleaning program is designed such that, at the beginning of the at least one cleaning cycle, the distribution disc is operated at a maximum rotational speed of the cleaning cycle, and the rotational speed is reduced after a predetermined time interval, and the maximum rotational speed is in a range between 3,000 and 9,000 revolutions per minute.