Cooking program development system

A system for developing automated cooking programs, the system comprising:

• a personal electronic device in communication with a cooking appliance, the personal electronic device including a first user interface (UI) and first processing logic configured to:
• automatically generate, based on a type of the cooking appliance, a cooking program creation form including a plurality of information fields, wherein each information field is configured to receive a specific type of information relating to an automatic cooking program configured to be executed by a cooking appliance of the selected cooking appliance type to cook a food item of a selected food item type;
• display, on the first UI, the cooking program creation form including the plurality of information fields;
• receive information in one or more of the information fields of the cooking program creation form to create the automatic cooking program;
• and
• communicate the automatic cooking program to the cooking appliance;
• wherein the cooking appliance includes a sensor, a second UI, and an electronic controller including second processing logic configured to automatically execute the instructions of the automatic cooking program to cook a food item.

A computer-implemented method for creating a new automatic cooking program based on a pre-existing automatic cooking program, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an electronic device of a user, a user modification of one or more variables of a plurality of variables of a base automatic cooking program, wherein the plurality of variables include one or more variables relating to a food item to be cooked, a cooking appliance to cook the food item, and user preferences, wherein the base automatic cooking program includes a first set of operating parameters associated with the plurality of variables and configured to be utilized by the cooking appliance to cook the food item according to the user preferences;
• automatically generating a second set of operating parameters based on the first set of operating parameters and the user modification of the one or more variables, wherein the second set of operating parameters is associated with the modified plurality of variables;
• generating a new automatic cooking program including the user modified plurality of variables and the automatically generated second set of operating parameters;
• and
• storing, in a memory of the electronic device, the new automatic cooking program as an associated child cooking program of the base automatic cooking program.