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 having a shaft, 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 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 torque-transmitting connection to the shaft, 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 on the basis of a predetermined cleaning program stored in a control means of the cooking appliance, characterised in that the at least one cleaning cycle is designed as a plurality of cleaning cycles and, between two cleaning cycles that directly follow one another in time, a predetermined time period is provided in which the rotational speed of the distribution disc is reduced to a lower rotational speed, preferably reduced to zero, preferably in that the aforementioned period of time is provided after each individual cleaning cycle or after a previously defined number of successive cleaning cycles, and the distribution system is arranged approximately centrally on a cooking chamber wall of the cooking chamber, which cooking chamber wall is designed as a cooking chamber ceiling, and is arranged substantially perpendicularly above the outlet, as a result of which the cleaning liquid can be guided, due to gravity, from the distribution system directly into the outlet, the cleaning liquid dripping or flowing, when the distribution disc is not moved, from the distribution disc directly into the outlet, or the distribution system is arranged approximately centrally on a cooking chamber wall of the cooking chamber, which cooking chamber wall is designed as a cooking chamber ceiling, and is arranged substantially perpendicularly above the outlet, as a result of which the cleaning liquid can be guided, due to gravity, from the distribution system directly into the outlet, the cleaning liquid dripping or flowing, when the distribution disc is not moved, from the distribution disc directly into the outlet. the cooking appliance having a shaft, 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 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 torque-transmitting connection to the shaft, 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 on the basis of a predetermined cleaning program stored in a control means of the cooking appliance, - 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 on the basis of a predetermined cleaning program stored in a control means of the cooking appliance, characterised in that the at least one cleaning cycle is designed as a plurality of cleaning cycles and, between two cleaning cycles that directly follow one another in time, a predetermined time period is provided in which the rotational speed of the distribution disc is reduced to a lower rotational speed, preferably reduced to zero, preferably in that the aforementioned period of time is provided after each individual cleaning cycle or after a previously defined number of successive cleaning cycles, and the distribution system is arranged approximately centrally on a cooking chamber wall of the cooking chamber, which cooking chamber wall is designed as a cooking chamber ceiling, and is arranged substantially perpendicularly above the outlet, as a result of which the cleaning liquid can be guided, due to gravity, from the distribution system directly into the outlet, the cleaning liquid dripping or flowing, when the distribution disc is not moved, from the distribution disc directly into the outlet, or the distribution system is arranged approximately centrally on a cooking chamber wall of the cooking chamber, which cooking chamber wall is designed as a cooking chamber ceiling, and is arranged substantially perpendicularly above the outlet, as a result of which the cleaning liquid can be guided, due to gravity, from the distribution system directly into the outlet, the cleaning liquid dripping or flowing, when the distribution disc is not moved, from the distribution disc directly into the outlet.