Category: Low Tech
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The inescapable feeling I got upon receiving my Drinkfinity package was that its parent company PepsiCo was trying too hard. Drinkfinity feels like your dad spinning a baseball cap backwards and suddenly beatboxing in some misguided attempt to connect with you on the way to soccer practice. Which is too bad because independent of that,…
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Worms get a pretty bad rap. Probably because the only times you read about them are when they’re getting extracted from various body parts or when people are forced to eat them on reality shows. But worms, it turns out, are pretty miraculous creatures that can help farms and wineries treat wastewater in an energy-efficient way…
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Stasher bags are microwaveable and can be use for sous vide.
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Sous vide wands, guided cooking systems and an $80 coffee mug are just a few of our ideas.
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If you aren’t able to get a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle for the bourbon fanatic on your Christmas list, you might consider a smart decanter from Jim Beam. That’s right, the folks behind the world’s biggest bourbon brand have come up with a limited edition gizmo/viral marketing concept called “JIM”, a voice-activated smart decanter…
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If three times make a trend, then the BoilingBeeper officially makes a trend of Kickstarter projects that have you saying “Wait, didn’t that already exist?” Following the Forktula and the NutriScale, BoilingBeeper is a simple solution to a problem many people in the kitchen face. As you can probably guess, Boilingbeeper is a device that…
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We at the Spoon aren’t just about high-end, wi-fi-enabled, AI-powered, connected kitchen appliances. We also appreciate the low-tech approach to solving food problems. And one problem eaters everywhere have encountered at some point is the best way to get every bit of a delicious sauce off the plate and into your mouth. But now, two…
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Not every restaurant would prosper from getting rid of the till.
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When Kitchen Innovations, a small Toronto-based maker of kitchen gadgets, claimed that its NutriScale was “the ONLY” all-in-one cutting board and kitchen scale, I was skeptical. The idea seemed so obvious that there had to be a ton of them out there. After some Googling however, it seems that, like the Highlander, NutriScale may be…
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Entrepreneurs behind the recent raft of smart indoor gardens are following the digital commerce wisdom of those who understand the value of subscription-based businesses. The old, “buy the camera for cheap and we will sell you lots of film” concept has been successful for companies such as Keurig and Nespresso in maintaining multiple revenue streams.…
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Probiotics are a budding segment of the food part of the crowdsourcing world. While most new efforts are focused on pickles, fermented sodas and kombucha, a team of Slovenian Kickstarter veterans are showcasing the wonders of probiotic cheese. Kefirko Cheese Maker comes on the heels of the successful 2015 launch of Kefirko, a device that…
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Not all kitchen innovation has to be high-tech to have a great story. In fact, the tale of fourteen-year-old inventor RJ Batts is one of the cooler stories I heard this week at the Housewares show in Chicago. Standing at his booth among rows of other makers and creators more than twice or thrice his age, RJ told me how his…
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