Systems, articles and methods related to providing customized cooking instruction

A processor-based food preparation guidance system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and which stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data, wherein in use the at least one processor:
• receives a request for preparation guidance for a food product;
• in response to the received request, causes at least one of a first set of at least two graphical prompts to be displayed by a display of a communications device, each of the graphical prompts in the first set of at least two graphical prompts depicting a respective gradation of at least one first characteristic of the food product, the respective gradations being different from one another;
• receives a selection of one of the gradations of the at least one first characteristic of the food product;
• and
• determines at least one food preparation parameter for the food product based at least in part on the received selection of one of the gradations of the at least one first characteristic of the food product.

A method of operation in a processor-based food preparation guidance system, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the food preparation guidance system via a communications device over a data network, a selection of a gradation of at least one first characteristic of a food product, the selection based at least in part on a prompt output by a display of the communications device, wherein the prompt visually depicts the at least one first characteristic of the food product;
• identifying at least one food preparation parameter for the food product based at least in part on the received selection of the gradation of the at least one first characteristic of the food product;
• and
• sending the at least one food preparation parameter to the communications device over the data network.