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. <EOS>