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GOURMET NEWS MARCH 2015 www.gourmetnews.com SMALL ELECTRICS 4 2 Smart Appliances Continued from PAGE 41 ready, the bakeware can be placed on the scale so that portions may be perfectly measured. This is particularly helpful in the case of some foods, like muffins, cookies or cupcakes. Finishing out the baking process, timers then let the user know how long to bake for or when to rotate, depend- ing on the recipe. Perfect Bake has a sug- gested retail price of $69.99. "Anybody who's ever wanted or aspired to bake anything, whether you are an ex- pert baker and you love to bake all the time or not, this is a great product for you," says Darin Barri, Pure Imagination Partner. "If you've never baked before a day in your life or you want your kids to bake, it works for you. If you're an expert baker, this device does things that you can't normally do no matter how well you bake … This takes all the guesswork and all the inconsistencies out, while making the process more effi- cient, with less mess. And, of course, the results are perfect every time." Perfect Drink includes a stainless steel shaker, phone/tablet stand, complete access to the app and the smart scale. Recipe se- lection is similar to Perfect Bake, and users can also add in the ingredients they have on hand through the Cabinet Feature. Over 400 recipes and ingredients are included in Perfect Drink. Users can make drinks by the glass or by the pitcher and any quantity in between. The pitcher or shaker can go right on the scale. If a blended drink is being made, the blender jar can be placed directly on the scale. Any over-pour can be easily fixed, as the app will automati- cally adjust the rest of the recipe accordingly. The final step is to add ice and shake; a timer lets you know exactly how long to shake so the drink does not become watered down. Perfect Drink has a sug- gested retail price of $49.99. "When you go out to a really high- end bar and you get some really, really special cocktails, they come with a very special price tag," says Barri. "To get four really cool drinks at a bar it's about $75. Plus you have to pay for a ride home, because you can't drive after hav- ing four drinks! So from the cocktail per- spective, Perfect Drink is for anybody who likes cocktails and wants to be able to have that high-end bar experience at home. For those who have no idea how to make a drink, it empowers and enables anybody to make a perfect drink every single time." Both Perfect Bake and Perfect Drink have received multiple updates through the app for recipes and user-friendliness since they first rolled out. Barri says that users will continue to see new additions to the app that reflect feedback given directly from customers. This is a strong selling point for all smart appliances, as customers no longer need to worry as much that their new investment will soon be outdated. Notable upcoming products in the smart appliance category to be unveiled at the In- ternational Home + Housewares Show in- clude the Connected Home Coffee Roaster by Behmor from Boyd Coffee Company. The roaster enables hands-on control of coffee roasting via the mobile app. Users can create roast profiles, save fa- vorite settings, or use quick start controls to go from green beans to roasted coffee. Users can also d o w n l o a d roasting profiles by bean origin and recreate the roast. Patent-pending smoke suppres- sion allows for indoor roasting, and users can roast up to one pound of green beans at a time. The roaster has a lighted interior and a chaff tray that captures chaff debris and is removable for easy cleaning. Taylor Kitchen is introducing the SmarTemp Bluetooth Cooking Ther- mometer, a smartphone-enabled ther- mometer that monitors foods, oven and candy temperatures via Bluetooth tech- nology. SmarTemp comes with two ther- mometer probes, one to monitor meat, fish and other grilled or baked goods; the other monitors ambient temperature or candy. And both can be used simultane- ously. The thermometer syncs to Taylor's app, which provides a variety of data and capabilities, including a menu that out- lines USDA temperature guidelines as well as key candy zones and stages, inde- pendent timer functions and historical records of everything made. It also allows you to post to social media. The SmarTemp Bluetooth Cooking Ther- mometer will be available in March for a suggested retail price of $69.99. GN

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