Abstract: A control circuit assembly, includes a cooking plate having at least two individual cooking regions being electrically connectible in common for cooking together, heating elements being disposed in the cooking regions of the cooking plate and having inputs, current circuits connected to the heating elements, an electronic control device connected to the inputs of the heating elements for producing variable heating power outputs, heating power control devices respectively associated with the heating elements, and switching elements disposed in the current circuits for selectively connecting each of the respective heating elements in the individual cooking regions to one of the heating power control devices in a first switching mode, and for connecting the heating elements of the individual cooking regions together to one of the heating power control devices while disconnecting the other heating power control devices from the respective heating elements with which they are associated in a second switching mode.