The disclosure is a method of operating a commercial cooking equipment, in particular a hot-air steamer or fan oven, comprising the following method steps:a) selecting a product requiring cooking having an assigned cooking program or selecting at least one cooking parameter having assigned selectable productsb) loading the cooking equipment with a selected productc) starting the associated cooking programd) displaying the name of the program and at least the remaining cooking timee) associating in automated manner further products or cooking programs that fit in with the cooking program of the first selected product in dependence on cooking parameters, in particular, the cooking temperature and/or the cooking humidity and/or the fan speedf) displaying the selectable products or selectable cooking programsg) selecting, on demand, a further product which matches the first product in accordance with the associating processh) loading the cooking equipment with the further producti) starting the assigned cooking programj) displaying the name of the program and at least the remaining cooking time for the further productk) if necessary, repeating the steps g) to j) andl) removing the product from the cooking equipment at the expiry of the respective cooking time.
