A control display for an oven includes an interactive cook time delay screen having a slide bar for selecting a cook time delay. The slide bar has a length corresponding to the total time of a cooking cycle, such that moving the slide bar along a timeline simultaneously adjusts the start time and the stop time of the cooking cycle, while also allowing a user to delay the start of a cooking cycle. A temperature select screen includes a slide bar for selecting a cooking cycle temperature, and a cook time select screen allows selection of a cooking cycle time. A control lock feature allows a user to lock and unlock the control display by moving a slide bar from a lock position to an unlock position along a track. A controller controls the operation based on the delay time, cooking temperature and cook time selected.