Cook mode
Cook mode is built for the screen that's been bumped, splattered, ignored for ten minutes, and read from across the room with wet hands. Everything else — capture, library, discovery — is in service of this surface working.
Say "next step" and the screen advances. "How much garlic?" and the relevant ingredient line is read aloud and shown big. "Start a 12-minute timer for the rice." "I doubled it." "I'm out of butter — substitute." All on-device, sub-300 millisecond response. Background-safe so a phone call doesn't kill it.
The only doneness-assistance feature we've seen that's willing to say "I don't know." Confidence is shown, never hidden. Doneness checks that can't be done from a photo — internal temperature of a steak, dough proof, oil temperature — Mise refuses up front, points you at the thermometer, and doesn't try to fake it.
Most recipes are written linearly. Most cooking isn't. Mise's recipe graph knows that the water can be boiling while you dice the onions, and that the onions can be sweating while you peel the garlic. A calm banner at the top tells you what to start in parallel; the main step counter doesn't move until you're done with the active step.
Every timer in Cook mode shows on the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. Multiple concurrent timers stack. Closing the app doesn't lose them.
Step text is large by default — eighteen-inches-away large. Touch targets are oversized. Dark mode defaults on in the kitchen because that's where you actually cook.
"I'm out of butter" returns subs ranked by what this fat is doing in this step — high-heat searing wants a different sub than finishing a sauce. Mise tells you what the substitute does to the flavor profile before you commit.
Cook mode comes with every tier.