Cooking device , comprising - a hob composed of a plurality of surface portions , - a heating device having a plurality of heating units for heating pots which are positioned on the hob , each heating unit being associated with at least one surface portion , - a detection device for detecting the position of pots on the hob and for identifying one or more occupied surface portions on which pots are positioned, and - a display apparatus for displaying an operating state of the occupied surface portion(s) and/or the associated heating unit , - the display apparatus having a display surface designed as a touch-sensitive touch display that corresponds to a smaller hob surface of the hob , - and the display apparatus being designed to display a pot detected by the detection device on the occupied surface portion(s) by means of at least one geometric element in a region of the display surface that is associated with the occupied surface portion(s) of the hob , characterised in that - the geometric element is designed as a line element having a dividing line and a transverse line extending in the centre perpendicularly to the dividing line as a cross, the geometric element comprising sub-regions on both sides of the dividing line and the transverse line as four quadrants, and - the display apparatus is designed to display a plurality of operating parameters of the occupied surface portion(s) and/or the associated heating unit in the sub-regions of the geometric element , a user selecting the displayed operating parameters of a pot by touch and being able to change them in a further step using an optically designed adjustment capability which is also visualised on the display surface . - a hob composed of a plurality of surface portions , - a heating device having a plurality of heating units for heating pots which are positioned on the hob , each heating unit being associated with at least one surface portion , - a detection device for detecting the position of pots on the hob and for identifying one or more occupied surface portions on which pots are positioned, and - a display apparatus for displaying an operating state of the occupied surface portion(s) and/or the associated heating unit , - the display apparatus having a display surface designed as a touch-sensitive touch display that corresponds to a smaller hob surface of the hob , - and the display apparatus being designed to display a pot detected by the detection device on the occupied surface portion(s) by means of at least one geometric element in a region of the display surface that is associated with the occupied surface portion(s) of the hob , characterised in that - the geometric element is designed as a line element having a dividing line and a transverse line extending in the centre perpendicularly to the dividing line as a cross, the geometric element comprising sub-regions on both sides of the dividing line and the transverse line as four quadrants, and - the display apparatus is designed to display a plurality of operating parameters of the occupied surface portion(s) and/or the associated heating unit in the sub-regions of the geometric element , a user selecting the displayed operating parameters of a pot by touch and being able to change them in a further step using an optically designed adjustment capability which is also visualised on the display surface . <EOS>