Cooking appliance and method for recipe adjustment

Abstract

A cooking appliance, controller, and method for recipe or cooking mode adjustment are provided. The cooking appliance includes a controller configured to execute steps of the method. The method includes obtaining a user cooking mode signal corresponding to a cooking mode; determining a change from the cooking mode by comparing the cooking mode to a cooking metric; determining a difference between the cooking metric and the cooking mode; and generating an output signal to the user communicating the difference between the cooking mode and the cooking metric.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cooking appliance, comprising a controller configured to store or receive instructions that, when executed, causes the cooking appliance to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 obtaining a user cooking mode signal corresponding to a cooking mode;   determining a change from the cooking mode by comparing the cooking mode to a cooking metric;   determining a difference between the cooking metric and the cooking mode; and   generating an output signal to the user communicating the difference between the cooking mode and the cooking metric.   
     
     
         2 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cooking metric comprises a cooking temperature, a cooking position, and a period of time. 
     
     
         3 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , the operations comprising:
 generating an adjusted cooking mode after exceeding a quantity of instances of differences between the cooking metric versus the cooking mode.   
     
     
         4 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , the operations comprising:
 obtaining, via an imaging device and a temperature sensor, the cooking metric.   
     
     
         5 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , the operations comprising:
 comparing a quantity of instances of the differences between the cooking metric versus the cooking mode.   
     
     
         6 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein generating the output signal comprises communicating the difference between the cooking mode and an average of a plurality of obtained cooking metrics. 
     
     
         7 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein generating the output signal comprises communicating the difference between the cooking mode and a plurality of obtained cooking metrics at or above a threshold quantity of occurrences. 
     
     
         8 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , the operations comprising:
 obtaining from the user a user signal corresponding to storing a version of the cooking mode or replacing the cooking mode with the adjusted cooking mode.   
     
     
         9 . A cooking appliance, comprising a controller configured to store or receive instructions that, when executed, causes the cooking appliance to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 obtaining a user cooking mode signal corresponding to a cooking mode;   obtaining, via an imaging device, a cooking metric;   determining a change from the cooking mode by comparing the cooking mode to a cooking metric;   determining a difference between the cooking metric and the cooking mode; and   generating an adjusted cooking mode after exceeding a quantity of instances of differences between the cooking metric versus the cooking mode.   
     
     
         10 . The cooking appliance of  claim 9 , wherein the cooking metric comprises a cooking temperature, a cooking position, and a period of time. 
     
     
         11 . The cooking appliance of  claim 9 , the operations comprising:
 generating an output signal to the user communicating the difference between the cooking mode and the cooking metric.   
     
     
         12 . The cooking appliance of  claim 9 , the operations comprising:
 comparing a quantity of instances of the differences between the cooking metric versus the cooking mode.   
     
     
         13 . The cooking appliance of  claim 9 , wherein generating the output signal comprises communicating the difference between the cooking mode and an average of a plurality of obtained cooking metrics. 
     
     
         14 . The cooking appliance of  claim 9 , wherein generating the output signal comprises communicating the difference between the cooking mode and a plurality of obtained cooking metrics at or above a threshold quantity of occurrences. 
     
     
         15 . The cooking appliance of  claim 9 , the operations comprising:
 obtaining from the user a user signal corresponding to storing a version of the cooking mode or replacing the cooking mode with the adjusted cooking mode.   
     
     
         16 . A method for adjusting a recipe at a cooking appliance, the method comprising:
 obtaining a user cooking mode signal corresponding to a recipe;   obtaining, via an imaging device and a temperature sensor, a cooking metric;   determining a change from the recipe by comparing the recipe to a cooking metric; and   determining a difference between the cooking metric and the recipe.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , comprising:
 generating an output signal to the user communicating the difference between the recipe and the cooking metric.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , comprising:
 generating an adjusted recipe after exceeding a quantity of instances of differences between the cooking metric versus the recipe.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , comprising:
 comparing a quantity of instances of the differences between the cooking metric versus the recipe.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16 , comprising:
 obtaining from the user a user signal corresponding to storing a version of the recipe or replacing the recipe with the adjusted recipe.