Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #1 - Introduction

RE: Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #1 - Introduction

shabaz — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:17:13 GMT

Great project : )

In theory, there could be an "Apple mode" where no superfluous information like cups/grams/oz is presented, i.e. it says "add eggs" or "add flour" with no quantities/weights, perhaps just a progress bar or round pie : ) chart. Or even just a picture of the item : ) It just says "Done" when it knows you've placed enough, and moves on to the next ingredient : )

To flesh out the project, maybe workflows need creating for example recipes (e.g. randomly pick a dozen recipes from a dozen books, and see what the workflow would be with your project), maybe a "speed mode" where you optimise for less time by skipping sifting etc : ) or a "quality mode" where you optimise for taste, and not for amount of dishes to be washed up.

RE: Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #1 - Introduction

e14phil — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:02:00 GMT

Exciting, I think I could use this in my own house!

RE: Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #1 - Introduction

aspork42 — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:00:04 GMT

I like the idea!

I would use this since it means you don't need to dirty a bunch of extra dishes just to measure out the ingredients.

RE: Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #1 - Introduction

DAB — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 18:29:51 GMT

Nice start.

You are correct, baking has a lot of science involved and is very sensitive to changes in the chemical mix.

DAB

RE: Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #1 - Introduction

beacon_dave — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 18:26:05 GMT

For some people watching their waistlines, being able to track kCals would be extremely useful as well. Being able to scale up / down quantities to stay within kCal limits would be really useful. Most ingredients over here are labelled in kCals per 100g (or per 100ml for liquids).

RE: Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #1 - Introduction

genebren — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:00:56 GMT

Avner,

Very interesting concept. On a lot of the cooking shows that I watch, the bakers always weigh out the ingredients. It does seem to make sense that you would directly add each item to the mixing bowl versus a measurement device. The challenge in my mind will be importing the recipes into the system and presenting them in useful manner (search, display, etc.).

Good luck, I look forward to watching your progress.

Gene