Welcome to Bakenote, a sourdough baking utility provided by Bakenote Kitchen LLC. These Terms of Service outline the rules and expectations governing your use of our calculator, bake schedule planner, and guides. Accessing or using Bakenote indicates your agreement to these terms.
Permitted Use of the Service
Bakenote is offered at no cost for your personal, non-commercial baking planning. You agree not to disrupt website operations, introduce malicious code, or scrape site content using automated bots or spiders. You do not need to register an account or pay fees to use our tools.
Baking Guidance and Variable Results
The calculations, baker's percentages, and fermentation schedules generated by Bakenote are educational estimates rather than guaranteed formulas. Natural sourdough baking depends heavily on ambient kitchen temperature, flour composition, water minerals, humidity, and individual starter activity. You remain responsible for evaluating dough readiness through physical indicators such as aroma, rise volume, and dough texture.
Kitchen Safety and Food Allergens
Baking sourdough requires handling extreme heat, heavy cast iron cookware, and boiling water or steam. You must observe standard kitchen safety practices, use appropriate heat-resistant protective gear, and monitor your oven carefully to prevent burns and property damage. Our recipes and formulas also involve wheat flours, gluten, and related agricultural products that can trigger severe allergic reactions.
Intellectual Property and Site Assets
All text, layout designs, calculation logic, software code, and instructional guides on Bakenote belong to Bakenote Kitchen LLC. All photography, recipe images, and diagrams are illustrative representations and remain the exclusive property of Bakenote Kitchen LLC. You may not republish, distribute, or create commercial derivative works from our site materials without our prior written authorization.
Local Data Retention
Your inputs and schedule selections are stored locally on your device under the browser key bakenote.v1 for your convenience. We do not back up your data on remote servers or maintain user profiles. If you switch devices, use private browsing mode, or clear your browser data, your saved schedules and custom parameters will be permanently erased.
Disclaimer of Warranties
Bakenote is provided on an as is and as available basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. Bakenote Kitchen LLC disclaims all warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular baking purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the website will operate uninterrupted, without errors, or compatible with every browser.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, Bakenote Kitchen LLC and its members will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the site. This limitation includes, without limitation, ruined baking ingredients, unexpected dough outcomes, kitchen injuries, or lost personal data. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with our tools is to stop using the website.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising out of or related to your use of Bakenote must be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Boston, Massachusetts. You consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in those courts.