Abstract: An arrangement for controlling a cooking operation has a housing, which is designed to accommodate mechanical and electronic components of the arrangement, a fastening device, which is designed to fasten the housing on a cooker, a drive unit, which is connected to an adapter piece and is designed to move the adapter piece, wherein the movement of the adapter piece actuates an operating element of the cooker, and wherein actuation of the operating element regulates the performance of the cooker, a microprocessor unit, which is designed to evaluate data relating to a cooking process, and to activate the drive unit in order to move the adapter piece, and at least one power-supply unit, wherein the power-supply unit is designed to supply the arrangement with power.