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Category: Connected Kitchen

  • Mar 29, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen, Sous Vide

    Mellow Teases New Product as It Clears Out First Gen Sous Vide Appliance

    The Mellow sous vide appliance has travelled an interesting road over the past couple years, one that has apparently reached an end. But hey, don’t be sad. While Mellow’s original sous vide appliance may be nearing the end, the company is apparently alive and well and working on a new product. The news came in…

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  • Mar 26, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen, Future of Drink

    PicoBrew Rolls Out Cold Brew Coffee Capability For the Pico C

    Sure, beer is great and all, but those of us with day jobs can’t exactly drink round the clock (or can we?). Luckily for those of us with the PicoBrew Pico, we can now use the countertop beer maker to brew up batches of cold brew coffee. The new feature, announced today, is made possible via…

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  • Mar 22, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen, Next-Gen Cooking

    Cooking Plant-Based Meat Gets Smart as June Oven Adds Beyond Meat Programs

    As I’ve confessed before, there are two food tech-related things I absolutely adore: Beyond Burgers and my June oven. Now, thanks to a software update earlier this week, those two things are the peanut butter and chocolate in my connected kitchen world, as the June sports new automated cook programs for Beyond Meat burgers and…

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  • Mar 20, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen, Next-Gen Cooking

    Video: Watch Markov’s Oven Cook at Two Different Temperatures at the Same Time

    We like to point out cool things here at The Spoon. Things like this video Markov posted awhile back, showing how it’s Level oven can “steer” heat, essentially cooking two different things at two different temperatures at the same time. For the uninitiated, the Markov Level oven is among a wave of new, connected countertop…

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  • Mar 15, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen

    Ikea to Unveil Sonos-Powered Speaker in April

    Ikea is set to unveil its new line of speakers it has been developing with Sonos at the Milan Furniture Fair next month. Yesterday, the Swedish furniture company officially announced it will be showing off the Symfonisk speakers and released a teaser video highlighting the kitchen as a use case for them. The video is…

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  • Mar 14, 2019

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    Business of Food, Connected Kitchen

    With USPTO Denial, Perfect’s Lawsuit Against Drop Moves to Trial

    The ongoing, multi-year, multi-patent infringement legal battle Perfect Company brought against Adaptics Ltd, maker of the Drop cooking system, will be heading to federal court this summer. This next phase of the lawsuit comes after the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied institution of Inter Partes Review. Perfect announced the decision in a…

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  • Mar 12, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen

    A Quick Q&A with Desora’s CEO About the Cinder Acquisition

    As we reported this morning, the Cinder smart grill was resurrected from the crowdfunded hardware deadpool when Desora announced it had purchased the company. The announcement sparked a bunch of questions, so I followed up with Desora Founder and CEO, Michel Maalouly. Here’s a brief summary of what I learned. Desora bought “every single thing…

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  • Mar 12, 2019

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    Business of Food, Connected Kitchen, Smart Home

    Cinder Rises From the Ashes, Backers to Get Their Grills Courtesy of Desora

    Cinder Grill, the crowdfunded smart countertop cooking device that, errr flamed out last year (read our coverage of the legal saga), appears to be reborn, courtesy of an acquisition by Desora, who announced the news today. In a pretty rare turn of events, the nearly 1,000 people who backed Cinder on Indiegogo will actually be…

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  • Mar 8, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen

    Here They Are: The Full Thermomix TM6 Specs

    I wrote earlier today about the launch of the TM6.  While I highlighted the features I thought were important, a few people have asked for the full specs and,  since I have them, here they are! This is directly from the TM6 spec sheet sent to me from Thermomix. Enjoy. Thermomix TM6 Features & Specs HARDWARE…

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  • Mar 8, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen

    Meet the TM6, Thermomix’s Latest Generation Do-Anything Cooking Appliance

    Back before there were Instant Pots, cooking robots and smart ovens, there was the Thermomix. And today, the original all-in-one kitchen appliance got a little (or maybe a lot) smarter with the launch of the TM6, the sixth generation of the cooking appliance popular with everyone from the world’s top chefs to working moms and…

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  • Mar 4, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen, FoodTech 25, Next-Gen Cooking, Smart Home

    Pyrex Parent Company and Instant Pot to Merge

    Corelle Brands announced Monday that it plans to merge with Instant Brands, the decade-old startup best known for turning the Instant Pot into a consumer favorite in the world of cookware. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, although the Wall Street Journal estimates it could be worth $2 billion. That’s not too surprising,…

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  • Mar 4, 2019

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    Connected Kitchen

    PantryChic Partners With Chefling To Power Smart Pantry System

    In the world of the connected kitchen, there’s been no shortage of tech-forward scales, fridges and ovens the past few years, but one area that’s remained remarkably devoid of innovation has been ingredient storage and dispensing. Which is why I’ve long been intrigued by PantryChic, a startup I started following back in the smart kitchen…

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