A gas oven comprises an oven space, having a bottom baking surface, two side walls rising up on opposite sides of the baking surface and at least one top wall facing the baking surface, burner means configured to raise the temperature of the oven space and a control unit associated with the burner means and configured to drive them as a function of a command given by a user to determine a preset temperature inside the oven space. The burner means comprise at least a first radiating element and a second radiating element which are independent of one another and which are configured to vary the temperature at the baking surface and at the top wall, respectively, and the control unit comprises at least a first drive module and a second drive module associated with the first radiating element and with the second radiating element, respectively, in order to control the first radiating element and the second radiating element independently of one another.
