The present invention relates to a method for controlling a cooking process in an oven cavity of a cooking oven, wherein food stuff is arranged inside the oven cavity. The method comprises a time control mode (10) in the beginning of said method. The time control mode (10) defines the transmission of heating energy (E) to the oven cavity as function of the time (t) during said time control mode (10). The function of the transmitted heating energy (E) in dependence of the time (t) bases on empiric and/or calculated data. The time control mode (10) includes a heating up phase (14) and a thermal inertia phase (18). The time control mode (10) starts with the heating up phase (14). During the heating up phase (14) the oven cavity is heated up by activating at least one heating element of said oven cavity. The heating up phase (14) is stopped, after a predetermined heating energy has been transmitted to the oven cavity. The predetermined heating energy depends on a set core temperature of the food stuff. During the
