Abstract: A food preparation system includes a food treatment unit having a food treatment function, a functional unit having an auxiliary function associated with the food treatment function, and a control unit provided to cause execution of a recipe and to control the food treatment function and the auxiliary function in an open-loop and/or closed-loop manner when guided by the recipe.

Abstract: A hob device, in particular an induction hob device, includes a variable cooking surface, a user interface and a control unit which in the presence of a heating type divides the cooking surface into a plurality of heating zones in at least one dividing direction, associates heating parameter to each of the heating zones, in a manner dependent on location, for heating at least one cooking pot placed on the heating zone, and forms a cooking zone that is associated with the cooking pot and is heated using the heating parameter. In the event of a request of the heating type for the cooking pot, the control unit is provided to wait for at least one operating action by a user by way of the user interface.

Abstract: A cooking device includes an information unit having an information storage unit for storing an intrinsic placement unit characteristic of a placement unit which is placeable on a cooking surface so as to be heatable. The information unit is arranged on the placement unit outside of a heating region of the placement unit for communication with a communication unit.

Abstract: A stovetop device includes a heating area adapted to heat cookware placed thereon and/or food to be cooked thereon, and a control unit configured to operate at least one subarea of the heating area in at least one operating state as at least one target temperature burner and to assign different target temperatures to different positions of the at least one target temperature burner.

Abstract: In a method for operating a cooktop, a process of removal and placement of a cookware element with respect to a starting position and an end position is detectable by a detection arrangement. A control unit forms a heating zone to match a detected cookware element. The process can be independently associated by the control unit in one of two ways, a first way in which the process involves a movement of cookware element from the starting position into the end position and a movement of the heating zone into an area of the end position, with a target temperature, set by a user interface, being carried over to the area of the end position, a second way in which the process involves removal of cookware element from the starting position and placement of another cookware element in the end position, with a target temperature set to a default value.

Abstract: A hob device, in particular an induction hob device, includes a variable cooking surface, a user interface and a control unit which in the presence of a heating type divides the cooking surface into a plurality of heating zones in at least one dividing direction, associates heating parameter to each of the heating zones, in a manner dependent on location, for heating at least one cooking pot placed on the heating zone, and forms a cooking zone that is associated with the cooking pot and is heated using the heating parameter. In the event of a request of the heating type for the cooking pot, the control unit is provided to wait for at least one operating action by a user by way of the user interface.

Abstract: A domestic appliance apparatus includes at least one light-guiding element, and at least one sensor unit having at least one light sensor and configured to detect light transmitted through the light-guiding element and to determine at least one temperature characteristic. The at least one sensor unit has at least one sensor element configured to determine at least one characteristic of the at least one light-guiding element.

Abstract: A generic hob device having improved characteristics with regard to high operating convenience includes an output unit and a control unit. The hob device outputs by the output unit a catalogue of recipes for selection, and depending on an operating input, the hob device leads an operator through a selected recipe by the output unit.

Abstract: A stovetop device includes a heating area adapted to heat cookware placed thereon and/or food to be cooked thereon, and a control unit configured to operate at least one subarea of the heating area in at least one operating state as at least one target temperature burner and to assign different target temperatures to different positions of the at least one target temperature burner.

Abstract: In a method for operating a cooktop, a process of removal and placement of a cookware element with respect to a starting position and an end position is detectable by a detection arrangement. A control unit forms a heating zone to match a detected cookware element. The process can be independently associated by the control unit in one of two ways, a first way in which the process involves a movement of cookware element from the starting position into the end position and a movement of the heating zone into an area of the end position, with a target temperature, set by a user interface, being carried over to the area of the end position, a second way in which the process involves removal of cookware element from the starting position and placement of another cookware element in the end position, with a target temperature set to a default value.

Abstract: A domestic appliance apparatus includes at least one light-guiding element, and at least one sensor unit having at least one light sensor and configured to detect light transmitted through the light-guiding element and to determine at least one temperature characteristic. The at least one sensor unit has at least one sensor element configured to determine at least one characteristic of the at least one light-guiding element.

Abstract: A hob includes at least one heating zone, a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of a cookware element placed on the heating zone, and a control unit for operating the heating zone. The control unit is constructed to heat up the cookware element in a heat-up phase and to control the temperature of the cookware element to a target temperature in a holding phase in at least one operating mode. In order to enable an energy-saving simmer operation, the control unit detects a boiling point of the liquid contained in the cookware element during the heat-up phase and determines the target temperature as a function of the boiling point.

Abstract: A hob includes at least one heating zone, a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of a cookware element placed on the heating zone, and a control unit for operating the heating zone. The control unit is constructed to heat up the cookware element in a heat-up phase and to control the temperature of the cookware element to a target temperature in a holding phase in at least one operating mode. In order to enable an energy-saving simmer operation, the control unit detects a boiling point of the liquid contained in the cookware element during the heat-up phase and determines the target temperature as a function of the boiling point.