Seven smart kitchen gadgets and utensils to improve your cooking experience
Whether whipping up a quick solo meal or preparing a feast for the family, make life easier for yourself in the kitchen with these devices, from a self-heating butter knife to a Wi-fi enabled slow cooker
People love cooking and baking for a variety of reasons: the chance to try new dishes, stress relief or simply because they love to eat. These seven smart kitchen gadgets could make the experience even better – and may even enhance your culinary skills.
Wi-fi-enabled slow cooker (above)
The Crock-Pot Smart Wi-fi Enabled Slow Cooker with WeMo is a Wi-fi slow cooker that pairs the cooking prowess of a slow cooker with the remote-control functionality of a Wi-fi enabled device.
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When configured and joined to your Wi-fi network, the slow cooker supports a handful of remote adjustment options such as the ability to turn it off or make temperature adjustments. Alternatively, an internal temperature target can also be programmed, which when reached will cause the cooker to switch to a mode meant to keep food warm.
While there is not a huge number of use cases for remotely controlling the device, there are some – such as being able to turn down the heat due to unexpected overtime at work or turning it up when the family heads home earlier than expected. And of course, there is also the peace of mind of being able to monitor a heat-producing appliance away from home.
US$79 from Amazon
Self-heating butter knife