"The holiday is still almost a week away, and I'm sick of Thanksgiving. I've already made four rounds of mashed potatoes, three of mac and cheese, and three turkeys (with more still waiting in my fridge) as part of testing smart probes to help smoke turkeys outside and preparing seven-course holiday meal kits for friends and family. I was eager to finally outsource some of the cooking by testing two very different robo-chef devices, the Thermomix TM7 and the Posha kitchen robot."
"The Thermomix descends from a German device launched in 1968-a time when the best-known robot chef was cartoon Rosie on The Jetsons-that was essentially a blender with a heater. It's since caught on big in countries from Italy to Portugal to Australia, and over the years it's added multi-tier steaming, baking, proofing, a touchscreen, an encyclopedic recipe app, and a whole lot of smart features."
"The newest robo-chef entrant is Posha, a Silicon Valley-via-Bangalore startup device that aims at truly autonomous one-pot cooking, once you've chopped up the proper ingredients into little bins. The Posha kitchen robot was released in January at a price of $1,750 and promptly sold out, as has each successive batch. The device comes complete with a robot stirring arm, and a camera to monitor moisture and browning."
Two consumer-focused cooking robots aim to bring substantial automation to home kitchens while still relying on human ingredient preparation. The Thermomix TM7 builds on a 1968 German lineage and adds multi-tier steaming, baking, proofing, a touchscreen, an extensive recipe app, and smart features; it retails for $1,699 and can order groceries through InstaCart. Posha targets one-pot autonomous cooking with a robot stirring arm and a camera to monitor moisture and browning; it requires pre-chopped ingredients placed into bins and retails for $1,750, with initial batches selling out. Both devices plan meals and perform most cooking, but significant prep work remains necessary.
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