A method for optimizing the positioning of at least one container arranged atop a set of inductors of an induction cooking hob, said inductors being distributed in a two-dimensional matrix in a cooking plane of said induction cooking hob, and each inductor being powered by a power supply device with an inverter, said inductors forming means for heating a container and means for detecting the presence of a container, said induction cooking hob lacking predefined delimited heating zones, said method comprising at least the following steps: - detecting at least one heating zone (Z1, Z2) formed of a subset of at least one inductor covered at least partially by a container, wherein said at least one heating zone (Z1, Z2) is determined based on the position and size of the container placed on said cooking hob and covering a subset of at least one inductor and wherein said at least one heating zone (Z1, Z2) comprises the inductor(s) covered by said container based on a threshold value of a coverage level of said at least one inductor; - determining the positioning suitability of said container with respect to said subset of at least one inductor covered at least partially by said container, wherein said step of determining the positioning suitability of said container comprises a step of determining the number of inductors covered by said container, based on data of said preceding step of detecting at least one heating zone (Z1, Z2), so as to determine the positioning suitability of said container with respect to the set of inductors of said induction cooking hob based on the determined number of inductors, said position of said container being determined to be unsuitable for distributing power delivered across multiple inductors of the heating zone assigned to said container when said container is covering a number of inductors less than a predetermined number of inductors; - warning of an unsuitable position of said container indicating to the user that said container must be moved to a suitable position, or activating the inductors belong to said at least one heating zone corresponding to a suitable position of said container based on the result of said step of determining the positioning suitability of said container; and - detecting a new heating zone (Z1, Z2) associated to said container subsequent to a movement of said container, so as to determine whether the new position of said container is suitable or unsuitable with respect to the set of inductors of said induction cooking hob, then indicating whether that new position of said container is unsuitable. - detecting at least one heating zone (Z1, Z2) formed of a subset of at least one inductor covered at least partially by a container, wherein said at least one heating zone (Z1, Z2) is determined based on the position and size of the container placed on said cooking hob and covering a subset of at least one inductor and wherein said at least one heating zone (Z1, Z2) comprises the inductor(s) covered by said container based on a threshold value of a coverage level of said at least one inductor; - determining the positioning suitability of said container with respect to said subset of at least one inductor covered at least partially by said container, wherein said step of determining the positioning suitability of said container comprises a step of determining the number of inductors covered by said container, based on data of said preceding step of detecting at least one heating zone (Z1, Z2), so as to determine the positioning suitability of said container with respect to the set of inductors of said induction cooking hob based on the determined number of inductors, said position of said container being determined to be unsuitable for distributing power delivered across multiple inductors of the heating zone assigned to said container when said container is covering a number of inductors less than a predetermined number of inductors; - warning of an unsuitable position of said container indicating to the user that said container must be moved to a suitable position, or activating the inductors belong to said at least one heating zone corresponding to a suitable position of said container based on the result of said step of determining the positioning suitability of said container; and - detecting a new heating zone (Z1, Z2) associated to said container subsequent to a movement of said container, so as to determine whether the new position of said container is suitable or unsuitable with respect to the set of inductors of said induction cooking hob, then indicating whether that new position of said container is unsuitable.