"Smart Kitchen Dreams Fall Flat: Why US Consumers Are Skeptical of High-Tech Cooking Tools. Despite the growing popularity of high-tech cooking tools in Europe and other parts of the world, the US market has been slow to adopt overly autonomous kitchen appliances. From robotic mixers to smart slow cookers, manufacturers have invested heavily in developing cutting-edge cooking devices, but American consumers seem hesitant to trade in their traditional cooking methods for the promise of convenience and precision. As one of the world's largest and most innovative consumer markets, the US represents a crucial testing ground for these high-tech kitchen gadgets - but so far, it appears that Americans are not buying into the hype."
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 ...
