"Kitchen Gadgets Gone Rogue: Why America is Skeptical of Self-Operating Cookware. Despite the growing trend of smart kitchen appliances in the US, a peculiar phenomenon has emerged: the country's consumers seem hesitant to adopt overly autonomous cooking tools. While devices like the Thermomix have found success in Europe and other parts of the world, they have largely fallen flat in the US market, leaving manufacturers to wonder what's behind the resistance. Is it a cultural aversion to relinquishing control in the kitchen, or a more practical concern about the reliability and safety of these high-tech gadgets?"
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 ...
