Hob with several heating elements with energy efficiency control

A hob, comprising:

• a plurality of heating elements;
• at least one heating zone that includes particular ones of the heating elements;
• a user interface for setting a heating capacity of the heating zone;
• and
• a control unit for operating the heating elements and for distributing the heating capacity among the heating elements according to a heating capacity distribution as a function of the heating capacity set by the user interface, the control unit being configured to distribute the heating capacity among a first number of heating elements when the heating capacity is below a threshold value and among a second number of heating elements when the heating capacity is above the threshold value,
• wherein the heating capacity is distributed uniformly among all of the first number of heating elements when the heating capacity is below the threshold value,
• the heating capacity is distributed uniformly among all of the second number of heating elements when the heating capacity is above the threshold value,
• the first number is greater than the second number.