Well, it happened: like every other part of the home, the smart home storm has infiltrated the kitchen.
Regardless of whether your holiday shopping involves gifts for a cooking whiz or someone who sets their food on fire more often than not, this list of gift-worthy kitchen tech items is sure to make food prep a whole lot easier.
Measuring cups are old news
Let's face it: No matter how careful we are, using measuring cups is almost never exact. The Perfect Bake Pro takes the human error out of baking by using an app to tell the scale exactly how much of an ingredient is needed. The connected app has 400+ recipes and step-by-step instructions that will have you feeling like a pro in no time.
Put an end to 'Do you need anything at the store?'
This smart magnet is about to simplify your grocery shopping: use the Hiku Shopping Button to scan food items, record your voice, and create a shared shopping list with the whole house, skipping the back-and-forth game of who needs what at the store. The connected Hiku app makes the list accessible from anywhere — being halfway home before realizing you forgot something is a thing of the past.
Air is the new oil
Take the "I did not need to eat that" feeling out of chicken tenders and fries with the Philips Digital Air Fryer. With the help of Gordon Ramsay, Philips is here to take the guilt out out fried foods with an air fryer that prepares snacks with up to 75% less fat.
Coffee without your name spelled wrong or waiting in line
Coffee is a must have every morning (and every afternoon, and heck, every night) but waiting in line at the coffee shop isn't exactly convenient or cheap. The Smarter Coffee Maker and connected app let you choose coffee strength, grind coarseness, and number of cups from anywhere — so a freshly brewed cup can be waiting for you when you get home.
Cutting boards are important, too
Instead of taking up room on the counter with a cutting board and a scale, why not have both in one? The Gourmia Bamboo Cutting Board is sturdy, aesthetically pleasing, and has a digital pull-out scale for quick ingredient measuring. The screen provides food weight in grams or ounces, making for a fast prep process without multiple gadgets.
A motion sensing trash can for when the foot press is still too hard
It's easy enough to step on a lever to open the trash can lid — but what if you didn't want to do anything? (We all know those foot pedals eventually stop working, anyway.) The simplehuman Sensor Can is touch-free and opens to eat your garbage whenever you're near.
The modern day Crock-Pot
Sous vide is the latest food trend to trickle down from the professional world to the home cooking world that involves steaming food in a vacuum-sealed plastic bag. The Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker connects via bluetooth to your smartphone and controls the temperature and circulation of water in the pot, making sure that the meat, fish, vegetables, etc., soaking in the bag are being cooked thoroughly.
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