ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,996, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hestan Smart Cooking Inc. (Vallejo, Calif.).
"Recipe conversion system" was invented by Mark Baumback (Vallejo, Calif.) and Jonathan Jenkins (Vallejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for performing recipe conversion is disclosed. The recipe resulting from the conversion may produce superior and more consistent results for less experienced cooks, particularly when instructions are ported to a cooking system that provides step-by-step guidance with a high level of thermal and time control for critical recipe steps. Further, a converted recipe may optionally include more precise ins...