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Tools

Heat vs beans

Heat band is a blunt rank (NMSU: Scoville approximates one pod). Bean stance is a contest rule or a home practice. The output is doors into guides that already exist.

Matcher bands are cook ranks, not USDA amounts. If a pairing is not on the NMSU, ICS, or CASI pages, open the beans or heat guide instead.

Cookery tool

Heat vs beans

Pick a heat band and a bean stance. The matcher points at the guides and the dried-chile notes.

Heat band
Bean stance

Choose heat and beans. Nothing cooks until both are set.