Controlling multi-function cooking apparatuses

A computer-implemented method for partitioning machine readable recipe programs wherein the machine readable programs, when executed by one or more multi-function cooking apparatuses, cause the one or more multi-function cooking apparatuses to process one or more food products, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a storage component, one or more separate recipe programs for preparing one or more food products, wherein the one or more separate recipe programs include machine readable recipe program instructions configured to control functions of a particular multi-function cooking apparatus for sequentially executing food processing steps to prepare the one or more food products in accordance with the one or more separate recipe programs;
• identifying, by a program analyzer component in accordance with predefined partitioning rules, subsets of recipe program instructions in the one or more recipe programs, wherein at least a first subset includes recipe program instructions for executing food processing steps with first compatible ingredient information, and at least a second subset includes recipe program instructions for executing food processing steps with second compatible ingredient information;
• generating a combined recipe program with recipe program instructions for all food processing steps associated with the one or more separate recipe programs wherein the combined recipe program has at least a first partition comprising the at least first subset, and has at least a second partition comprising the at least second subset;
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• providing the first and second partitions to the one or more multi-function cooking apparatuses for execution.

A computer program product for partitioning machine readable recipe programs for one or more multi-function cooking apparatuses, the computer program product comprising computer readable instructions that when loaded into a memory of a computing device and executed by at least one processor of the computing device cause the computing device to

• receive, from a storage component, one or more separate recipe programs for preparing one or more food products, wherein the one or more separate recipe programs include machine readable recipe program instructions configured to control functions of a particular multi-function cooking apparatus for sequentially executing food processing steps to prepare the one or more food products in accordance with the one or more separate recipe programs;
• identify, by a program analyzer component in accordance with predefined partitioning rules, subsets of recipe program instructions in the one or more recipe programs, wherein at least a first subset includes recipe program instructions for executing food processing steps with first compatible ingredient information, and at least a second subset includes recipe program instructions for executing food processing steps with second compatible ingredient information;
• generate a combined recipe program with recipe program instructions for all food processing steps associated with the one or more separate recipe programs wherein the combined recipe program has at least a first partition comprising the at least first subset, and has at least a second partition comprising the at least second subset;
• and
• provide the first and second partitions to the one or more multi-function cooking apparatuses for execution.