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Is there any way to read the recipe that the furnace is currently using, fx 5 iron plate into steel plates, without having to go and manually check whats in it's inventory and compare it to all smelting recipes to find a match? (it seems the entity.recipe is empty)

So I guess there is no easy way to tell what a furnace is currently crafting?

From what I seen here on forums furnace recipe is a bit "undefined".
It gets chosen only when all ingredients have been placed inside it - and until then it's not known. It's a limitation of furnaces that allows them to work with auto recipe selection - and leads to some issues (like stuck inserters trying to add stone to ore already in furnace).

Alright Guess I'll make some tests and see what I can do. I should probably add my own versions of the furnaces, as an alternative that can track if the player wants them to