Home tech to get outing at CES includes phone-controlled oven, smart dishwasher

Can you really walk away from your oven? Whirlpool hopes so with its new smart oven.

With a smartphone, you can start, stop and adjust the temperature from another room. You get alerts when pre-heating or cooking is done so you won’t have to keep checking.

And if you leave home, the app will alert you if the oven is still on — provided you also have a Nest thermostat, which can detect when you’re away.

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What isn’t immediately known, though, is whether there are any mechanisms to prevent you from accidentally turning the oven on while away.

Manufacturers like Whirlpool are using this week’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which opens on Wednesday, to showcase the latest technologies in everyday appliances. As these appliances connect to the internet and to each other, people will be able to perform many basic functions from another room with a smartphone.

Whirlpool is also unveiling a dishwasher that can alert you when your dishes are done and estimate how much detergent you have left.

LG is showing a new floor-cleaning robot that will respond to its owner telling it: “You missed a spot.”