"High-Tech Kitchen Dreams Fizzle in the US: Why American Cooks Are Shying Away from Autonomous Appliances. Despite the growing trend of smart home devices and automated cooking tools, the US market has largely failed to warm up to the idea of overly autonomous kitchen appliances. Unlike their European counterparts, who have enthusiastically adopted culinary robots like the Thermomix, American consumers seem hesitant to hand over control of cooking to machines. As the tech industry continues to push the boundaries of kitchen innovation, experts are left wondering what's behind the lukewarm reception to these high-tech gadgets in the US."
Overly autonomous cooking tools and kitchen appliances have largely whiffed in the US market. While culinary robots like the Thermomix have made inroads in Europe and elsewhere, adoption in the US has ...