Frequently asked questions

Butter Signal is a cooking site styled like a retro TV channel guide. You browse recipes by signal, Dinner, Pantry, Chef Gary, and Sponsored, instead of endless scroll. Published recipes live in our database and power the recipe pages, search, and channel collections.

Recipes are authored to a fixed schema (butter.recipe.v1.0.0) and ingested into Postgres. They are written or edited for clarity and safety, but you should always use your judgment, check internal temperatures for meat, allergens, and your own dietary needs.

Chef Gary is the CH 03 character, a public-access-style host for practical tips and select recipes. He is not the same as the Request Line chat service, which is planned for a later release. Learn more on the Chef Gary hub.

Request Line will be Butter Signal's conversational helper for substitutions, scaling, and “what's in your fridge.” It is not live yet. Until it ships, use pantry search and published recipes on the site.

CH 07 is for programmatic ads (Google AdSense), separate from CH 06 · Sponsored partner picks we choose in-house. Ad units are labeled AD SIGNAL / Advertisement and only appear in fixed slots, never on cook mode or between recipe steps.

CH 06 · Sponsored and partner deals are clearly labeled. We may earn a commission when you shop retailer links (for example Amazon or Target). Sponsored recipes or gear picks are editorially chosen for the channel, but the relationship is disclosed on the page.

Pantry search runs against published recipes in our database, titles, ingredients, tags, cook times, and signal types. Try plain ingredients (e.g. chicken, rice) or modifiers like under 30 minutes or weeknight. Start on the Pantry hub or search results.

We use a halftone-style overlay on photos to match the broadcast look, full color, with a dot texture like an old cookbook or TV listing. Recipe detail pages use the same treatment as cards on the homepage.

Not today. Browsing and cooking from published recipes is open. Account features (saved recipes, collections) are on the post-MVP roadmap.

Email us at hello@buttersignal.com with the recipe URL and what looks off, such as an ingredient error, broken image, or unclear step. We appreciate specific notes.