Oven control system with graphical display

A method of controlling a cooking appliance comprising:

• presenting a user with display screens presenting sequential pictorial images for prompting a user to input information relating to a food product to be cooked;
• presenting a user with at least one display screen providing a graphical instructions relating to cooking the food product, said graphical instructions being dependent on the information input by the user;
• determining appropriate cooking parameters based on the information input by the user;
• and
• performing a cooking operation in an oven cavity of the cooking appliance using said appropriate cooking parameters.