AUTOMATED COOKING CONTROL VIA ENHANCED COOKING EQUIPMENT

摘要

Techniques are described for automated control of portions of a cooking process, such as to control activation and heating for a cooking location having a piece of cooking equipment. Such automated control may include executing an automated control recipe having defined instructions used to automatically control at least some aspects (e.g., surface temperature) of the cooking equipment piece (e.g., a pan on a stove cooking surface) as part of a cooking episode to prepare one or more dishes, and may further include coordinating actions of a human user who is participating in the cooking episode by providing instructions or other information to the user. Related food preparation systems and cookware devices and components are also provided in connection with which the described automated cooking control techniques and methods may be used.

主权项

1. A food preparation system comprising:
an implement having at least one temperature sensor integrated therein to sense temperature information indicative of a temperature of a food item during a cooking episode and having a wireless communication module to transmit the temperature information from the implement; a control knob provided to adjust a characteristic of a cooking environment in a vicinity of the implement during the cooking episode, the control knob being controllably adjustable via a drive motor contained within the control knob while also remaining manually adjustable by a user; and a cooking control system configured to receive the temperature information from the implement and to provide cooking adjustment information for adjusting the control knob during the cooking episode based at least in part on the received temperature information.