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Podcast: A Smart Home Fireside Chat

Every year (Ok, for the last two years in a row; gotta start somewhere, right?), the folks who talk about smart home at  the Technology.FM podcast network get together to talk about all that happened in the world of smart home over the past year.

This look back (and partial look forward at 2017) includes the hosts of the Smart Home Show and Smart Kitchen Show (me), HomeTech.FM (Jason Griffing and Seth Johnson) and Home:On (Richard Gunther).

Some of the topics we discuss include Alexa and virtual assistants, HomeKit, Google Home, smart home security, artificial intelligence, smart kitchen and much more.

Have a listen above or download the podcast using this link.

Podcast: A Conversation With Dave Arnold, Creator of the Spinzall

Dave Arnold is a culinary innovator who has published a James Beard award winning book on cocktails, is the founder of the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) and is host of the extremely popular podcast, Cooking Issues. He also makes hardware, and his latest creation is the Spinzall, a countertop culinary centrifuge.

Mike caught up with Dave to talk about the creation of the Spinzall and much more.

You can download the podcast by clicking here.

Reinventing Refrigeration With Phononic’s Tony Atti

Over the past 10 years, the world of lighting has witnessed a massive transformation. Old incandescent bulbs have given way to modern technology in the form of solid state, more commonly known as LED lighting.

Now, some in the world of refrigeration are hoping for a similar reinvention by replacing traditional vapor compression cooling systems with new thermoelectric cooling systems powered by a centuries old physics concept called the Peltier Effect.

While Peltier coolers have been around for decades, they’ve mostly been restricted to niche applications like telecom wiring closets. But now, a company called Phononic thinks they’ve cracked the code on making thermoelectric/solid state cooling mass market.

We talk to the CEO of Phononic Tony Atti about their efforts to take this technology out of labs and into the mass market.

Podcast: The New Food Network – Food Media & Discovery in Age of Buzzfeed

This episode features a conversation from the stage of Benaroya Hall in Seattle at SKS16. Included in the conversation are:

Ashlee Clark-Thompson, CNET; Tiffany Lo, Buzzfeed/Tasty; Kevin Yu, SideChef; Esmée Williams, AllRecipes

The panel description from this session is as follows: The number one video publisher in the world today is Buzzfeed’s Tasty, which had almost 2 billion views in the month of May for its short how-to cooking videos made for the Millennial generation. In the age of apps and online video, cooking discovery and education is changing rapidly and this panel will explore what the Cooking Channel of tomorrow will look like.

The News Show: Smart Cookie Ovens & Malibu Bay Breeze (Podcast)

Mike and Ashley are back talking about the latest in the world of the connected kitchen and foodtech.

To subscribe to the Smart Kitchen Show in iTunes, go here. To download this episode, click here.

Stories discussed on the show include:

Appliance as a service 
Juicero’s new CEO
SideChef’s smart easy bake oven for cooking
Teforia’s $12 million infusion
Ashley’s experience with the Nima gluten sensor
Jenn-Air’s Nest integration
Ashley explains why Rhode Islanders are still drinking the Malibu Bay Breeze
A discussion of whether George Foreman actually invented a grill
Smart Kitchen Summit pictures are out!
SKS17 pre-registration has begun!

Enjoy!

Podcast: SKS16 Sessions – The Kitchen Operating System

This podcast is the audio from a session at the Smart Kitchen Summit called the Kitchen OS: Bridging Islands in the Connected Kitchen.

The panelists include:

  • Moderator – Michael Wolf (host of the Smart Kitchen Show)
  • Kevin Brown, CEO, Innit
  • Charlotte Skidmore, Director of Energy & Environmental Policy, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
  • Ben Harris, CEO, Drop

The panel description was as follows: ‘Today’s smart kitchen is a series of disparate platforms and experiences. Can technology help us bridge shopping, discovery, storage, prep and cooking? A discussion of creating a common ‘smart kitchen stack’.’

Podcast: Examining The Impact of The Mirai IoT Botnet Attack on The Smart Kitchen

Last week a botnet attack was carried out using an army of IoT devices. While the vulnerable devices were netcams and home routers, we know that as more kitchen devices add connectivity, they could become unwilling participants in nefarious attacks.

For this podcast we visit with Jim Hunter of the IoT Consortium to talk about the implications of the Mirai attack and how home appliance makers can protect themselves and consumers from future attacks.

Director’s Cut: The Smart Kitchen Summit 2016 Wrap-Up With Mike and Ashley (Podcast)

Whether a hurricane, venue change or a 400 pound pallet of BBQ basters, nothing was going to keep us from having an amazing Smart Kitchen Summit 2016.

Now that it’s all said and done, we wanted to give you the director’s cut of the SKS16. We discuss what it was like during the run up to the show, what was going on back stage, some of our favorite moments from SKS16 and much more.

Enjoy.

Tech Soup: A Look Inside Campbell’s Test Kitchen


Is there a more timeless food brand than Campbell’s Soup? Mike doesn’t think so, and that’s why he couldn’t wait to ask Jane Freiman, who heads up the Campbell Test Kitchen, about how the iconic food brand is preparing for the future of cooking.