Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for visualizing programs for at least one cooking appliance, in which, after selection of at least two programs from a plurality of programs and their chronological order, the selected programs are displayed on at least one display device in a display area in each case in the form of at least one virtual receipt representing a program representative along a time axis to take account of the time sequence, wherein the extension of each displayed virtual receipt along the time axis is characteristic for a duration of the respectively associated program, and a time planning gap characterizing a pause region along the time axis between a first receipt and a second receipt following this first receipt in terms of time is at least partially closed automatically or triggered by a user by moving the second receipt towards the first receipt, in particular back to the left along the time axis extending in the x-direction, characterized by the following steps a) determining the

Abstract: A method is provided for visualizing programs for cooking devices, in which after at least one program has been selected from a plurality of programs, the selected program is shown on at least one display device in the form of at least one program representative, wherein each program representative comprises a virtual token. Also a cooking device is provided for the method.