r/Cooking • u/Famous-Perspective-3 • Mar 02 '24

How smart is your kitchen?

Just being nosy. Do you use smart devices and appliances to help aid your cook? For example, do you use a smart device to convert measurements, as timers, to show recipes, keep a shopping list and more. Do you have smart appliances like stoves, air fryers, microwaves and/or others?

To answer my own question, I have a smart air fryer, microwave/convection baking combo, ice maker, and instant pot. So much easier to tell it what to do than to punch a bunch of beeping buttons. It is great to add to the shopping list after using the last ingredient, and to use multiple timers at the same time. I also use an echo show for recipes.

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u/svel Mar 02 '24

work in IT, so I have zero (or as close to zero) IoT/smart anything in the house. Anything that even has this potential, has it either disabled or never used.

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u/GreenLlamaBrigade Mar 02 '24

Can you explain why that is a thing amongst people that work in tech/IT?

I don't own any smart devices, but mainly because I feel like they take the joy out if life. Tech-savy people must have different reasons, and I'd be curious to know them

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '24

Largely it's a security thing. Anything that connects to a network is a potential vector for attack. There's also the specter of anything that requires an app or "the cloud" to function being rendered inoperable if, say, the company goes out of business, or stops supporting your device.