[ERDMANN, Torsten, LIEMKE, Frank, MÜLLER, Diana, NATTKEMPER, Jörg, NIEHAUS, Detlef, POHLMANN, Verena, VAN PELS, Ulrich] Schutzrechte/Verträge Carl-Miele-Strasse 29 33332 Gütersloh;Gustav-Moll-Strasse 63 59269 Beckum;Wilhelm-Baumann-Str. 18 33330 Gütersloh;Hochstr. 17 33332 Gütersloh;Soester Strasse 11 59071 Hamm;Peterstrasse 61 59067 Hamm;Rue Corneille de Clercq 50a B-1090 Bruxelles;Bonnusstr. 2 33378 Rheda-Wiedenbrück The invention relates to a method for controlling a heating device (4), for heating crockery, glasses or the like. The heating device (4) forms a system with at least one additional household appliance (2), used for processing or preparing drinks or food. The heating device (4) is controlled depending on the operational state of the other household appliance (2). The invention also relates to a system for carrying out said method. In order to improve user friendliness, a heating element (4.1) of the heating device (4) is automatically switched on depending on the on-position of the household appliance (2). The heating element (4.1) of the heating device (4) is automatically switched on by selecting a future switch-on time on the household appliance (2) at which the household appliance (2) is switched from stand-by to an on-position.

[BEIER, Dominic, CLARKE, Roger, Brian, Minchin, DITTRICH, Hartmut, ERNST, Holger, GRIFFIN, Neil, HOLVERSCHEID, Michael, MIKULIN, Dominic, Josef, VOLLGRAF, Jörg, SAILER, Eduard] Schutzrechte/Verträge Carl-Miele-Strasse 29 33332 Gütersloh;Wilhelm-Baumann-Str. 40 33330 Gütersloh;16 Bosworth Road Cambridge CB1 8RG;Fichtestrasse 14 32257 Bünde;Bremer Strasse 40 33613 Bielefeld;62 Ditton Lane Cambridge CB5 8SR;Hüller Strasse 158 32278 Kirchlengern;36 Greengage Rise Melbourn Herts. SG8 6DS;Pestalozzistrasse 5a 32257 Bünde;Am Pfingstknapp 13 33428 Harsewinkel The invention relates to a method for controlling a cooking process on a ceramic hob, and to a ceramic hob comprising a plate, especially consisting of glass ceramics, that has a material strength defined by a flat upper side and a flat lower side, perpendicular to the main expansion directions thereof. Said ceramic hob comprises at least one cooking area that can be heated by means of a heating device arranged beneath the plate in the assembly position thereof. Said heating device comprises an electrical control system for controlling the heating capacity of the heating device, and first and second heat sensor units arranged beneath the plate. The aim of the invention is to provide a method for controlling a cooking process on a ceramic hob, wherein the influence of the cooking pot (14) is taken into account. To this end, according to the inventive method, essentially a heat flow dissipated downwards from the plate (2) only in the cooking area (4) is detected by means of the first heat sensor unit (6.1), and essentially a heat flow dissipated downwards from the plate (2) and a cooking pot placed thereon in the cooking area (4) is detected by means of the second heat sensor unit (6.2). A comparison value is formed in the electrical control system from the output signals of the two heat sensor units (6.1, 6.2), and is compared with previously determined and stored reference values, and the heating capacity of the heating device (16) is controlled according to said comparison.