Method and Apparatus for Cooking Using Coded Information Associated with Food Packaging

Abstract

A cooking apparatus capable of reading or detecting coded information printed on or otherwise associated with food packaging is provided. Food packaging capable of being read or detected by a cooking apparatus is also provided. The cooking apparatus sets cooking time and cooking temperature as a result of reading or detecting coded information printed on or otherwise associated with food packaging. The cooking apparatus is capable of interacting with a user of the cooking apparatus to further assist the cooking process started as a result of reading or detecting coded information printed on or otherwise associated with food packaging. The cooking apparatus capable of connecting to a remote computer and server and receiving and displaying web pages generated by the remote server to further assist the cooking process.

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         35 . A system for cooking using a smart cooking appliance and a separate smart device comprising:
 the separate smart device having
 a smart device data transceiver capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance, 
 an application for striding messages through the smart device data transceiver capable of being received by the smart cooking appliance, the application providing cooking instruction to the smart cooking appliance; and 
   the smart cooking appliance having
 a heating element, 
 processor, 
 a receiver electrically connected to the processor capable of wirelessly communicating with the separate smart device, capable of receiving instructions from the separate smart device regarding setting of the heating element. 
   
     
     
         36 . A system as  claim 35 , Wherein the separate smart device includes a display screen and the display screen is capable of displaying a recipe having one or more cooking settings. 
     
     
         37 . A system as in  claim 36 , wherein the cooking instruction sent to the smart cooking appliance corresponds to the recipe displayed on the display screen. 
     
     
         38 . A system as in  claim 35 , wherein the separate smart device is capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance using a wireless local area network. 
     
     
         39 . A system as in  claim 35 , wherein the separate smart device is capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance using a 802.11 wireless communication protocol. 
     
     
         40 . A system as in  claim 35 , wherein the separate smart device is capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance using cellular telephony. 
     
     
         41 . A system as in  claim 35 , wherein the separate smart device is capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance using Bluetooth. 
     
     
         42 . A system for cooking comprising:
 a separate smart device, the separate smart device capable of wirelessly communicating information corresponding to a plurality of cooking settings to a smart cooking appliance;   the smart cooking appliance including a housing containing a controllable cooking element for cooking food,   the housing supporting at least one manually actuatable input device for manually inputting one or more cooking settings,   the cooking housing containing a processor capable of receiving information corresponding to a plurality of cooking settings sent to the cooking apparatus wirelessly from the separate smart device; and   the processor connected to the controllable cooking element for controlling the cooking element in response to the information corresponding to a plurality of cooking settings.   
     
     
         43 . A system as in  claim 42 , wherein the separate smart device includes a display screen and the display screen is capable of displaying a recipe having one or more cooking settings. 
     
     
         44 . A system as in  claim 43 , wherein the cooking instruction sent to the smart cooking appliance correspond to the recipe displayed on the display screen. 
     
     
         45 . A system as in  claim 35 , wherein the separate smart device is capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance using a wireless local area network. 
     
     
         46 . A system as in  claim 35 , wherein the separate smart device is capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance using a 802.11 wireless communication protocol. 
     
     
         47 . A system as in  claim 35 , wherein the separate smart device is capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance using cellular telephony. 
     
     
         48 . A system as in  claim 35 , wherein the separate smart device is capable of communicating with the smart cooking appliance using Bluetooth.