I completely agree,stp. Use the basics to start with & dial in your equipment profiles. I have one for AE & one for pb/pm biab that I now do most often. & make sure you don't "X" out the menu bar at the top of the BS window. You'll need that to hit the INGREDIENTS button to add hops,grains,extracts,etc to the lists on the build recipe page. Besides edit,tools,etc. You can use that to add individual ingredients,or goto ADD-ONS>PLUS SIGN & have a little window full of grains,recipes,extracts,hops,etc pop up that you can also add to your lists of ingredients/recipes. Even Cooper's cans & breiss extracts.