Will the ubiquitous Artificial Intelligence reach our kitchens? Surely, although taking into account that the majority still wonders why they need their refrigerator or kitchen robot to connect to the Internet, it can be assumed that the topic is going to be a long one. But beyond the happy AI and the real usefulness that cooking can have on a day-to-day basis, every beginning of the year the CES festival held in Las Vegas allows you to take a look at the most futuristic and also the strangest appliances.
A toaster is surely the last kitchen appliance where we expect to see great technological advances or a huge touch screen control. The company Revolution Cooking has been proving the opposite in the United States for years, with a range of smart toasters that seems to have its audience.
It is now working on a microwave oven that integrates its patented heating system with an infrared grill. They have baptized this future device as Macrowave (macrowave) and it promises a perfect result of toasted and crispy interior and exterior cooking. For now there is no data on price, dates or plans to sell it in other countries.
Although defining it as the Thermomix for dogs is not very precise nor surely legal, it is the best way to explain the proposal of Chef Paw, the first kitchen robot specialized in preparing homemade food for dogs.
With the usual appearance of this type of device in its version for humans, the truth is that it is not very clear why a specific model is needed for pet food, but the fact is that this unique robot is capable of preparing in 40 minutes almost three kilos of food for pets. It has its own application to control it from your mobile phone and includes 25 pre-programmed recipes so that the dog does not get bored of always eating the same thing. It costs about 600 euros.
Does traditional barbecue seem too slow to you? Do you need to prepare a steak in a minute and, furthermore, do you think that cooking horizontally should be given a twist? SeerGrills has the solution and has presented it at the CES fair under the name “Perfecta”. The teleshopping tone is almost necessary, because this small and modern barbecue comes with so many headlines that it is difficult to choose one.
From the outset, it is presented as the first on the market with AI. According to its creators, the continuously updated database allows not only to measure the temperature of the meat when placing it on the grill, but also to adjust the cooking process so that it is perfect and automatically. But it is also a vertical grill: the meat is placed on a rack so that the heat (up to 900 degrees) affects both sides and it is possible to cook up to three entrecôtes in just one minute. The price, yes, will be about $3,500.
While in the coffee world more and more voices are questioning the use of capsules, it seems that in other segments the movement is the opposite. Ice cream in capsules? We had never seen that before but it is, more or less, what ColdSnap proposes, a home ice cream machine or for small businesses whose key is the use of capsules (rather cans) with individual servings and a wide range of flavors.
The beauty of the system is that these cans do not require refrigeration, which represents considerable energy savings compared to other ice cream production systems, defend those responsible for this invention.
More than Artificial Intelligence, it seems that hurry is the protagonist in this new generation of kitchen appliances. More powerful barbecues and ovens that shorten cooking times and, for the sake of sustainability, thus promise much lower energy costs. This is also what the Sevvy Smart Cooker points to, which, apparently, more than an appliance with the intention of reaching the market, it seems like a demonstration of what the Sevvy company’s technology is capable of achieving. In case someone dares to license it for use, experts say.
The device presented is a type of oven that is capable of having muffins ready in four minutes thanks to a PEF system (Pulsed Electric Fields) that allows food to be cooked in a very short time and at low temperatures. The result? 90% less consumption and muffins that those who have been able to try say are indistinguishable from those baked in a traditional way.
There are two ideas normally associated with the preparation of smoked foods: it is an artisanal process and it requires outdoor space. Something that General Electric’s new indoor smoker seems to dismantle. With the size and design of a small oven, it claims to be able to smoke meats, fish and vegetables, but – and this is important – not your kitchen, thanks to a filter system that only lets out hot air, without odors.
A hot smoking system with predefined programs for the most common uses and that allows you to independently adjust the temperature at which, for example, the meat will be cooked and that of the smoke generated from wood pellets. It’s on sale now and costs $1,000.
Coffee without water? Not quite. The Kara Pod Coffee Maker uses water, but what makes it special, almost magical, is that you do not need to refill its tank because it obtains water from the air. As strange as it may sound, in reality this Kara Water technology has been on the market for a few years now, although in usually expensive and large formats.
The new Kara Pod Coffee Maker brings this technology capable of converting ambient humidity into water to the kitchen counter. This small device that costs about $250 is capable of accumulating water to prepare 14 cups of coffee a day. It can also function as a hot or cold water dispenser.
