SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING FOOD PROCESSING STEPS OF A MULTI-FUNCTION COOKING APPARATUS WITH FOOD PROCESSING STEPS OF A REMOTE KITCHEN APPLIANCE

A control system for synchronizing food processing steps performed by a multi function cooking apparatus with food processing steps performed by one or more remote kitchen appliances, includes a recipe program interface configured to access a recipe program on a data storage device wherein the recipe program is configured to be executed by the cooking apparatus and has internal instructions configured to control functions of the cooking apparatus for performing food processing steps thereon, and has at least one external instruction for a remote food processing step performed by the remote kitchen appliance; a control parameter interface configured to receive temperature data associated with a component of the food product; a control parameter evaluator configured to check compliance of the received temperature data with control parameters of the at least one external instruction; a recipe program adjustment component configured to adjust if the received temperature data does not comply with the control parameters, a not-yet-executed program instructions of the recipe program based on the evaluation of the temperature data to re-synchronize the cooking apparatus with the particular remote kitchen appliance. Remote I kitchen I Cooking apparatus 200 . - - - appliance 1 Recipe execution 220 _ Recipe . Cooking I S Remote Remote program functions Iensors temp kitchen storage 24__21 230 sensor appliance 1 20 1-L - 310 301 Control parameter interface 110 I Control parameter I I settings '- 150-1 Control parameter C evaluator Recipe program . _ . adjustment I Recipe program I 140 i adjustment patterns I - - 150-2w Control system 100 Data storage