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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…