Steam oven cleaning method

A method for cleaning a cavity of an oven having a steam generation device, comprising the following steps: (i) a step of mild detergent cleaning, comprising (i.1) a step of applying mild detergent to the oven cavity at a predetermined cavity starting temperature (T 0 ), and subsequently (i.2) a step of incubating the oven cavity for a predetermined incubation period of time ( ”t inc1 ) at a temperature T act , (i.3) a step of applying steam generated by the steam gener-ation device to the oven cavity for a steam period of time ( ”t steam1 ) until the oven cavity reaches a temperature T 1 , and subsequently incubating the oven cavity for an incubation period of time ( ”t inc2 ) until the oven cavity reaches a temperature T 2 , and (i.4) a step of removing water and dirt from the oven cavity; and (ii) a step of steam cleaning, comprising (ii.1) a step of applying steam generated by the steam generation device to the oven cavity for a steam period of time ( ”t steam2 ) until the oven cavity reaches a temperature T 3 , and subsequently incubating the oven cavity for an incubation period of time ( ”t inc3 ) until the oven cavity reaches a temperature T 4 , and (ii.2) a step of removing water and dirt from the oven cavity.