INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
An IoT-based system and method are described for identifying appropriate cooking parameters for cooking food. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a cooking appliance for cooking food products, the cooking appliance having control logic to control cooking temperature or power level, cooking duration, and/or one or more other cooking variables; an IoT device integrated in or on the cooking appliance, the IoT device comprising scanning logic to capture a code associated with a food product to be cooked, the IoT device to use the code to identify cooking parameters associated with the food product; and the IoT device comprising circuitry to control the control logic of the cooking appliance in accordance with the cooking parameters associated with the food product.
1 . A system comprising:
a cooking appliance for cooking food products, the cooking appliance having control logic to control cooking temperature or power level, cooking duration, and/or one or more other cooking variables;
an IoT device integrated in or on the cooking appliance, the IoT device comprising scanning logic to capture a code associated with a food product to be cooked, the IoT device to use the code to identify cooking parameters associated with the food product; and
the IoT device comprising circuitry to control the control logic of the cooking appliance in accordance with the cooking parameters associated with the food product.
2 . The system as in claim 1 further comprising:
a food preparation database to be queried by the IoT device using the code associated with the food product to identify the cooking parameters.
3 . The system as in claim 2 wherein the food preparation database is integrated within the cooking appliance and/or the IoT device.
4 . The system as in claim 3 further comprising:
an IoT service comprising a master food preparation database, wherein the IoT service is to update the food preparation database using data stored in the master food preparation database.
5 . The system as in claim 4 wherein the IoT service is to update the food preparation database periodically and/or as updates are provided to the master food preparation database and/or each time the user cooks a new food product.
6 . The system as in claim 4 further comprising:
a usage data collection module on the IoT service 120 comprising a compilation of food products cooked by the user over a period of time.
7 . The system as in claim 6 wherein the compilation of food products is to be evaluated to target advertisements or promotions for food products to the user.
8 . The system as in claim 1 further comprising:
notification logic on the IoT service to transmit a notification to a client device of the user when cooking of the food is complete, in accordance with the cooking parameters.