Kitchen Tools and Tech at CES 2025 | Gear Heads
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0:00 Gear Heads at CES 2025
0:24 Michael Wolf from The Spoon
1:24 Robot Barista
3:18 Refrigerator Battery Backup
4:22 Two-Minute Ice Cream
5:04 Battery-Equipped Induction Range
6:17 Connected Smart Kitchen
8:15 Smart Meat Thermometer
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I don't want a subscription
I dont want to buy a proprietary "insert one time usable thing here"
No to all of these. Battery back-up for a fridge and electric stove maybe useful. But I first what to know: how long will the hold a charge in real world and what is the chance they will cause a fire? Even Tesla can't keep their vehicle from bursting into flames. Plus, I can buy and install a whole home battery or generator backup that connects to my breaker panel to power my whole house for less than $2k.
That latte art on the ai arm was garbage
'a perfect latte' sounds great. Unless, maybe, you need a job as a barista ;-( those jobs may be gone. A job to pay your way through college, etc.
"Gear and Loathing." Precious
Yeah man really looking forward to LG selling my fridge and microwave data to advertisers, can't wait to pay thousands of dollars for the privilege of getting spied on baby!!!
Eager to know what you're not sure about! Love your insights.
If Hannah had been sent to do this, she would have been like a "Kid in a Candy Shop." Thanks, Lisa.
I’m starting to think robots are being created to avoid human contact. Do they just not like people?
"Shelf stable" = yuck!
Really not excited at the prospect of replacing barista jobs with robots. And I don't even drink coffee. Save human jobs.
The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if the same people responsible for the constant “power outages” now aren’t somehow financially benefiting from the explosion of backup batteries and generators I now see on the market.
Gear and Loathing, let's goooo!
Anyone else have issues with the meat probe guy?
I LOVE tech stuff. However, it all appears like more things requiring customer service "help" when something doesn't work and/or costly🤑 repairs or repair subscription 😕.
Only really useful thing is the battery backup.
Ah yes I love big tech companies trying to get rid of our already underpaid food service workers, so cool!!! I love AI!!!!!!!
I believe in the design principle of (KISS) Keep It Simple Stupid. I won't buy any appliance that requires an app, and have no interest in ovens that have cameras inside.
I love how Lisa’s just like “lmao okay” with some of these products
Dishwasher that has hidden handle. And when it fails and stay hidden, well there you go….Cookbooks, ATK online, regular fridge, range, all that are needed in a kitchen, although the backup system may be the best item featured here. Why should my microwave oven be capable of doing so many nonfood related functions? And no prices for any of these items are listed or mentioned.
The burning question- how did Lisa do at the blackjack tables?
That smart kitchen thing looks awful lol. So much that can be replicated with an Ipad….or my eyeballs lol.
Thank you, Lisa. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. The power grid is one item I would be interested in, depending on price.
So while reheating a pizza I can watch it on the screen on the micro oven door. Next step watching laundry on a screen when it tumbles in the washing machine? Maybe a micro owen door made of glass you can se through? No, not high tech enough.
Cool
Wild to see ATK people talking about AI-enabled kitchen appliances
Don’t re-use a yogurt container for leftovers, folks! Your fridge will lie to you!
When you work in a commercial kitchen that has a "Rational" oven, you realize that your rational rep can change your ability to adapt to customers by giving you new cooking settings. The settings were originally designed for franchise type cooking, but once the reps gained access to the unique algorithm of each restaurant that cooks ribs, for example, a light went in their head because of how they now have the data to reproduce every effect in a dish for their next customer. One day the home consumer will be that "next customer," of rational because they want to buy a product from the grocery store accompanied with a product code to enter into their oven that can produce temperature and moisture and pressure precisely and on curves. The future doesn't replace cooking, it makes it even more delicious if consumers demand it.
I like this content would love a longer video with more detailed impressions.
Any new improvements to the fork and knife?
“Real premium liquid ingredient mix” — sounds, um, soylent green-y!
4:50 why not… just buy the icecream at that point?
😊The power backup that you can keep behind the fridge is the most exciting to me.
CES is getting worse and worse, everything I seen sucked .
Things I don't want in appliances:
– A phone app / cloud connection
– A subscription plan
It can even have AI if it's entirely local.
She’s funny. I bet she’s a kick to work with.
The latte art looked awful 😂
At best, these are things you wait 10 years after release to actually use. These just seem like gimmicks.
Great to see so many excellent innovations at CES !! Thank you Lisa !! Most excited about the Cooper range called Charlie !! #AmericasTestKitchen 🇺🇸
I've been using wireless Bluetooth meat probes for a couple of years from different makers, and I can say without a doubt that for BBQ nerds, it's a game changer. Especially on charcoal and wood smokers with rotisserie. MIC DROP
I would only use what would be useful to my house, where I live and to fit my me or my families needs,But if I don’t need it the better, because if they need to be fixed it’s EXPENSIVE.👍😊
I didn't realize how height challenged she was.
Out of everything shown the only thing I'm interested in is the meat thermometer.
The only interesting item for me was the standing induction cooker. The rest of the stuff is just too "foo-foo" for me.
Thanks Lisa!! Great review!! I'm very excited for you to get your hands on all of these gadgets.
Thanks for sharing – it's always fun to see new food tech innovation. Somehow though, it takes all the fun out of cooking when the machine does it all.
at this point a revolutionary product would be a dumb appliance that is reliable and lasts for my lifetime…
The oven and the fridge battery are cool.
LG and Samsung are garbage. Don’t buy. My fridge lasted 3 years. $3500 plus repairs down the tubes. The dishwasher’s door almost fell off after 5 years.
I love tech, but these seem like solutions in search of problems rather than helpful innovations