System and method of non-linear cook time estimation

A computer-implemented method for food cook completion estimation, the method comprising:

• acquiring, via one or more processors, food temperature data from a first food item, the food temperature data comprising a plurality of food temperatures detected at a plurality of different times and reflecting a change in food temperature over time;
• acquiring, via the one or more processors, a plurality of additional food temperatures from a second food item at a corresponding plurality of additional different times;
• generating, via the one or more processors, a first non-linear prior cook profile from the plurality of additional food temperatures and the corresponding plurality of additional times;
• storing, via the one or more processors, the first non-linear prior cook profile in a first food item record of a database;
• selecting, via the one or more processors, the first non-linear prior cook profile from a plurality of non-linear prior cook profiles stored in the database, the selection being based on the change in food temperature and including—
• determining a food item cook duration between first and last times of the plurality of different times of the food temperature data of the first food item,
• determining a second food item cook duration between a first time and a time at which a maximum food temperature corresponding to the second food item is first reached,
• determining that a difference between the food item cook duration and the second food item cook duration is less than a threshold;
• and
• estimating, via the one or more processors, a cook completion time based on the first non-linear prior cook profile.

A computer-implemented method for food cook completion estimation, the method comprising:

• acquiring, via one or more processors, food temperature data from a first food item, the food temperature data comprising a plurality of food temperatures detected at a plurality of different times and reflecting a change in food temperature over time;
• acquiring, via the one or more processors, a plurality of additional food temperatures from a second food item at a corresponding plurality of additional different times;
• generating, via the one or more processors, a first non-linear prior cook profile from the plurality of additional food temperatures and the corresponding plurality of additional times;
• storing, via the one or more processors, the first non-linear prior cook profile in a first food item record of a database;
• selecting, via the one or more processors, the first non-linear prior cook profile from a plurality of non-linear prior cook profiles stored in the database, the selection being based on the change in food temperature and including—
• determining a trailing slope of the temperature data comprising a change in temperature over a pre-defined time period ending at the last time of the plurality of different times of the food temperature data of the first food item,
• determining a second trailing slope of the additional food temperatures and the corresponding plurality of additional different times over the pre-defined period ending at one of the corresponding plurality of additional different times corresponding to a current food item cook duration of the first food item,
• determining that a difference between the trailing slope and the second trailing slope is less than a threshold;
• and
• estimating, via the one or more processors, a cook completion time based on the first non-linear prior cook profile.