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How to Use the Dinner Spinner

Rosa and her partner argue about dinner almost every night. Around 5 PM, she opens Sizzle, filters the Spinner to "Under 30 minutes," and spins the wheel. It lands on Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas. Decision made.

The Dinner Spinner picks randomly from your recipe collection. You need at least 3 recipes to spin.

Basic Spin​

  1. Tap the Spinner tab (the wheel icon in the bottom navigation)
  2. The wheel populates with recipe names from your collection
  3. Tap the wheel or swipe it to spin
  4. The wheel decelerates with physics-based animation and haptic feedback
  5. It lands on a recipe — a confetti celebration overlay appears with the recipe name and a "Let's Cook!" button
  6. Tap Let's Cook! to open the recipe detail, or tap Spin Again for a re-roll

Filtering Before Spinning​

  1. On the Spinner tab, tap Filter (the sliders icon)
  2. Select your filters:
    • Cuisine — pick one or more cuisines (Italian, Korean, Mexican, etc.)
    • Max cook time — Under 20 min, Under 30 min, Under 45 min, Under 60 min
    • Tags — filter by any tag you've applied to recipes (e.g., "picky-eater-safe," "batch-cooking")
    • Favorites only — spin only from recipes you've marked as favorites
  3. Tap Apply — the wheel reloads with recipes matching your filters
  4. Spin the filtered wheel

Exploring a New Cuisine​

Kai filters the Spinner to "Ethiopian" — a cuisine he's exploring — and gets 3 Ethiopian recipes on the wheel. He spins, gets a result, taps Spin Again to see another option, then chooses one. This is the Spinner at its best: not just picking dinner, but pushing you toward variety.

Spin History​

Tap the history icon on the Spinner tab to see your last 10 spins — recipe name and date. Useful if you want to know what you cooked recently or avoid repeating a recent choice.

Expected Outcome​

The Spinner picks one recipe from your filtered collection. Tap "Let's Cook!" to go directly to the recipe detail view and start cooking.

Tips​

  • Filters narrow the wheel to a maximum of 20 recipes (randomly sampled if more match)
  • The Spinner works fully offline — your local recipe collection is always available
  • Each spin earns XP and counts toward the "Spin Master" achievement (10 spins)
  • Spinning the wheel counts as a cooking action for your daily streak
  • If your filter returns fewer than 3 recipes, the Spinner shows a message to expand your filters or import more recipes

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