Cooking: what the camera looks for

What the camera looks for

When your cooking spot-check fires, the in-app prompt reads "Show us the pan". The vision model then judges whether your three-photo burst shows the activity. In general it looks for:

• A pan, pot, chopping board or other cooking setup in frame.
• Food in progress, and ideally you or your hands working on it.
• A scene that reads as a kitchen in use rather than a kitchen at rest.

Tips for a clean check

• Aim at the pan or board, as the in-app prompt says, and keep your hands in the shot.
• Steam, glare and bright hobs can wash out a frame. Angle slightly to one side.
• Wipe a smudged lens. Kitchens are greasy and phone cameras show it.
• Capture mid-action, such as stirring or chopping, instead of a still pan.

If a check fails

An empty counter or a closed oven is hard to tell apart from no cooking. If a check fails, the re-capture is your chance to show the food and the action. Streako always offers one re-capture before a check fails, and verification is tuned to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Honest status

New to the flow? Read how a Streako spot-check works. Pings and spot-checks come from the phone app, never from this website.