The invention relates to a method for controlling a cooking process in a cooking hob, as well as a cooking field with a cooking field plate, particularly of glass-ceramic whose main extension directions perpendicular limited by a flat top and bottom material thickness s, with at least one cooking zone, which by means of a below the hob plate disposed in the mounting position of the hob heating device is heatable with an electrical controller for controlling the heating power of the heating means and below the hob plate disposed first and second heat sensor units, wherein the method includes the process step. To provide a method for controlling a cooking process in a cooking hob, in which the influence of the cookware (14) is taken into account, the inventive method provides that the first heat sensor unit (6.1) is essentially a in the region of the cooking zone (4) alone the hob plate (2) and with the second heat sensor unit (6.2) is essentially a in the region of the cooking zone (4) of the hob plate (2) and a car parked thereon cookware (14) downward outgoing heat flow is detected, and in the electrical control of the output signals of the two thermal sensor units (6.1, 6.2) is formed a reference value and compared with previously determined and stored reference values, and the heating power of the heating device depending on (16) ...