How to make your kitchen smart without buying new large household appliances

If you are looking to connect your kitchen, know that it is possible to get there without having to replace all its devices, especially the biggest.Here are some tips.

Today we can find all the household appliances, or almost, in a connected version, but change your refrigerator for a model with integrated Wi-Fi or its oven for a model capable of preheating remotely at a significant cost.There are several much less expensive ways to integrate a dose of intelligence and connectivity in your kitchen.Quick overview.

Smart Displays

Smart Displays are perfect for displaying photos, watching videos and seeing important information such as weather forecasts.They are also very useful in the kitchen.The Google Nest Hub, for example, can show you the steps of one recipe one after the other, trigger timers or answer your questions concerning such or such a cooking method, if applicable.

The Smart Display Amazon Echo Show offer similar features, as is the Lenovo Smart Display, powered by Google Assistant.These devices are a good daily help when you have your hands busy.

Intelligent Mini-Four

If you have the budget, you can invest in an intelligent mini-turn capable of recognizing food and cook it perfection thanks to artificial intelligence and cameras, all controllable via a mobile application.This is what the June Intelligent Oven offers in particular, at $ 499 all the same.

The Whirlpool subsidiary dedicated to innovation, Wlabs, had demonstrated a similar oven during CES 2019 and there is also the Tovala.Amazon even launched its own Amazon Smart Oven.Quite logical, finally, when we know that Amazon bought Whole Foods in 2017.

Connected cooker

The moment pot wi-fi is the only connected model of this manufacturer.There was a Bluetooth model but its production stopped.The Wi-Fi model is pilot remote via the Instant Pot application.

Black & Decker propose aussi un cuiseur Wi-Fi avec une application dédiée permettant de définir le temps et la température et de démarrer/arrêter la cuisson.As with any kitchen device, as soon as it comes to heat and/or pressure, it should be checked regularly that everything is going well.

Bluetooth thermometer

Cook your steak perfection requires great precision.Having a connected thermometer helps keep an eye on cooking, which allows you to do several things at a time, for example.

Meater is a $ 70 probe that works via Bluetooth to alert you via the dedicated mobile application when your preparation reaches the defined temperature.Weber Igrill technology is available on certain grill models, with a Bluetooh probe to follow the evolution of the temperature via the Igrill application.It is also possible to buy the probe individually, from $ 50.

Connected tap

Like mini-fours, connected valves are expensive.Kohler and Delta offer models with integrated voice assistant on touch taps, between $ 800 and $ 1,200 depending on the finishes.You will also need to familiarize yourself with their use, very different from that of these good old taps that we have always used.

Expensive and not always very practical, they are in any case futuristic accessories as possible.Ask Alexa to fill a glass of water for you, for example, will make you enter another dimension.

Connected coffee maker

Coffee trees also become connected.With Wi-Fi connectivity, you can ask your machine to run a coffee when you wake up a simple voice command.

Most machines also make it possible to control water temperature, the type of roasting and much more.With an integrated vocal assistant, it can even be done in the voice directly.

Connected socket

These small accessories are not specific to the kitchen, but are a good way to automate a number of devices that are not intelligent.Whether it's TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini or Wyze Plug, these catches do precisely what they are asked.

From monitoring energy consumption to planning ignition/extinctions, these connected sockets can add the right dose of automation without replacing a complete device.

Connected bulb

With enough light in his kitchen is essential to cook well.Add lights allows you to have a brighter room or area.With connected lighting, you can refine color, power and even define special scenes, depending on the time of day, for example.Manufacturers are very numerous today on this market.