[NoPicklez]

Not everything needs to be rationalised back to programming.

It's not programming experience that makes you ask those questions but because they are basic cooking questions you would ask.

Checklists are either checklists or a set of instructions to follow.

Good instructions would specify some of those attributes, other times experience helps to understand what general pan you might use or what medium-low heat looks like. Exactly to your point, it takes a few burnt steaks to figure it out.