Category: Connected Kitchen
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This past week in Japan, Sony unveiled a project they’ve been developing in secret called Roku Shoku, a culinary recording system designed to capture exactly how a chef prepares a meal. The system also serves as a guidance tool, helping casual or inexperienced cooks create dishes with the precision of an expert with years of…
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Last month, smart kitchen startup Ome launched its second generation smart knob, a retrofit device that gives gas or electric stoves the ability to be turned off remotely. The new knob comes three years after the company fulfilled the delivery for its first-generation knob (under the company’s then-name, Inirv), which was the culmination of a…
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Tired of boring black-glass cooktops? How about a cooktop that provides video cooking guides, color images, and more? That’s the idea behind SCHOTT’s new CERAN Luminoir TFT (thin film transistor) display. At last week’s IFA conference in Germany, SCHOTT announced a new TFT display technology that enabled a full-color touch screen to display high-fidelity video…
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Last week, Anova CEO Steve Svajian announced that the company will begin charging a subscription fee for new users of its sous vide circulator app starting August 21st, 2024. However, existing users who have downloaded the app and created an account before this date will not be impacted by the change. These users will be…
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Ever since Tetra unexpectedly got people excited about the idea of tiny dishwashers in 2018, the category has had mixed success. Some, like the Bob, have shipped but, unfortunately, haven’t made it stateside. Others, like the Shabosh, seem to be stuck in development hell, with backers wondering when they will ship. As for the dishwasher…
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It’s been a quiet summer in the world of kitchen tech, but over the past week, some interesting news has dropped. Here’s a roundup of the stories from this past week: Suvie Rolls Out Suvie 3.0 Plus With Airfry Suvie, the company behind the multi-zone kitchen cooking appliance with built-in refrigeration, announced today the launch…
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This past week, Samsung announced they were updating software for those with a Family Hub fridge. The update has a bunch of new features, many of which were announced at CES in January, but the most interesting one is what looks to be its much-improved food recognition capability. The new computer vision-powered features were are…
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Back in 2016, an early-stage startup called Tovala appeared in just the second Smart Kitchen Summit Startup Showcase. Company CEO David Rabie showed off the first-gen oven and discussed the vision for a combination of a hardware appliance and a food subscription service. Fast forward eight years later, and Tovala has become one of the…
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Appliance giant Whirlpool has let its entire Yummly team go. According to industry sources, the company recently laid off all the employees for the recipe and cooking app and website. These sources tell the Spoon that it’s unclear what the company plans to do with the property it acquired in 2017. The news of the…
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About a decade ago, IKEA famously released a concept video laying out its vision for the kitchen of the future. The central concept for their envisioned future kitchen was a kitchen table that not only made the experience of cooking and eating interactive with a touch interface, but also had built-in induction transmitters under the…
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Last week, Mill unveiled its second-generation appliance, one year after introducing its high-tech food waste bin (don’t call it a composter!). The news comes as the company reaches ten thousand customers and claims it has helped divert one million pounds of food waste from landfills. Both the first and second generation Mill turn food waste…
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This week, smart kitchen startup Fresco announced it had struck a deal with Middleby to integrate the Fresco Kitchen OS platform across the cooking equipment giant’s residential portfolio, starting with high-end kitchen appliance brand Viking. The first Middleby product line to incorporate the Fresco Kitchen OS platform will be the Viking RVL Collection. The RVL…
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