System and method for maintaining recipe ratios when measuring ingredients for culinary combinations

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform steps of a method for assisting a user in assembling a culinary combination according to a recipe, the recipe having one or more ingredients and one or more target amounts for the ingredients, the steps comprising:

• displaying on a display one or more recipe blocks, including a first recipe block associated with a first ingredient, wherein the first ingredient is one of the one or more ingredients;
• displaying on the display a name and the target amount for the first ingredient;
• receiving real-time information from a scale;
• determining an amount added to the scale based on the real-time information received from the scale;
• determining a real-time measured amount of the first ingredient based on the amount added to the scale;
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• displaying on the display a real-time progress of the first ingredient being added to the scale by displaying a first portion of the first recipe block in a different manner than a second portion of the first recipe block, wherein a ratio of the first portion of the first recipe block displayed to the second portion of the first recipe block displayed is changed in real-time and is proportional to a ratio of the real-time measured amount of the first ingredient compared to the target amount for the first ingredient.

A method for a computing device to assist a user in assembling a culinary combination according to a recipe, the recipe having one or more ingredients and one or more target amounts for the ingredients, the method comprising:

• the computing device causing an electronic display to display one or more recipe blocks, including a first recipe block associated with a first ingredient, wherein the first ingredient is one of the one or more ingredients;
• the computing device causing the electronic display to display a name and the target amount for the first ingredient;
• the computing device receiving real-time information from a scale;
• the computing device determining an amount added to the scale based on the real-time information received from the scale;
• the computing device determining a real-time measured amount of the first ingredient based on the amount added to the scale;
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• the computing device causing the electronic display to display real-time progress of the first ingredient being added to the scale by displaying a first portion of the first recipe block in a different manner than a second portion of the first recipe block, wherein a ratio of the first portion of the first recipe block displayed to the second portion of the first recipe block displayed is changed in real-time and is proportional to a ratio of the real-time measured amount of the first ingredient compared to the target amount for the first ingredient.