> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.homecooked.fun/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Product Overview

> A personal sous chef plus the tools to cook with what you have.

Homecooked pairs a personal sous chef with a pantry-first toolkit. The result: less "what do I make tonight," more actually cooking.

## Features

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  <Card title="Personal Sous Chef" icon="hat-chef" href="/product/sous-chef">
    The core — recommends recipes, reads your pantry, answers anything.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Persistent Pantry" icon="box-archive" href="/product/pantry">
    Your inventory, remembered — and matched to what you can cook.
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  <Card title="Focused Cook Mode" icon="list-check" href="/product/cook-mode">
    Step parallelization and built-in timers — no time wasted in the kitchen.
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  <Card title="Meal Planning" icon="calendar-days" href="/product/meal-planning">
    Plan your week; the grocery list writes itself.
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## Why Homecooked

Other apps hand you a recipe and leave the rest to you. Homecooked does a lot more.

* **Persistent memory** — Homecooked stores what you have in your pantry, updates quantities when you make a meal, creates your shopping lists, and manages your meal plans.
* **Tailored to you** — recommends recipes based on your diet, allergies, and preferences.
* **An expert recipe engine** — expanding database of 1000+ recipes built using an engine which optimizes steps and saves you time in the kitchen.
* **End-to-end** — from "what should I make" to meal plans to grocery lists, you'll never need another cooking app.

## Why wouldn't I just use ChatGPT?

A general chatbot can talk about food but it doesn't have the tools to maintain your pantry, remember your preferences (with 100% reliability), and improve over time as it learns more about your cooking style.

* **A real recipe database** — access to 1000+ recipes that are tagged and filtered. You assistant may be an AI but you can find recipes written by humans.
* **A persistent pantry** — it always knows what you have, so suggestions are things you can cook right away
* **Always has your context** — your diet, allergies, and preferences are remembered across every session
* **A purpose-built cook engine** — parallelizes steps and has in-built timers so the cooking itself is faster and foolproof. Can offer live feedback on any dish you're making.

<Note>
  Coming to homecooked.fun this July.
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