Cooking engagement system with automatic cooktop monitoring

A method of automatic monitoring of a cooktop surface of a cooktop appliance, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by one or more processors, image data of the cooktop surface;
• providing, by the one or more processors, a first user interface for display on an image monitor of an interactive assembly associated with the cooktop appliance, the first user interface displaying the image data of the cooktop surface;
• determining, by the one or more processors, that a cookware item is present on the cooktop surface based on the image data;
• responsive to determining the cookware item is present on the cooktop surface, providing, by the one or more processors, a second user interface for display on the image monitor of the interactive assembly, the second user interface displaying an enlarged image of the cookware item;
• determining, by the one or more processors, occurrence of an event associated with the cookware item based, at least in part, on the image data;
• responsive to determining occurrence of the event, initiating, by the one or more processors, a corrective action associated with resolving the event;
• and
• providing, by the one or more processors, a third user interface for display on the image monitor of the interactive assembly, the third user interface displaying the event, the third user interface further displaying a visual notification indicative of the corrective action.