"Kitchen Revolution Hits a Snag: Why US Consumers Are Shunning Smart Cooking Tools. Despite the growing trend of smart home appliances and culinary innovations, the US market has been slow to adopt overly autonomous cooking tools and kitchen appliances. Meanwhile, countries like Europe have seen a surge in popularity of high-tech kitchen gadgets, such as the Thermomix, which combines cooking, mixing, and blending functions into one device. But what's behind the lukewarm reception to these revolutionary kitchen tools in the US, and what does it say about American consumers' relationship with cooking and technology?"
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 ...