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Re: This $1,500 Toaster Oven Is Everything That's Wrong with Silicon Valley Design

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Post by Mathnerd314 » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 3:12 PM UTC

b409ba0801cd21 wrote: post #10

The first thing I thought of when I saw the headline: http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/hack/ktoast.html

It seems like everyone's switched to 8-bit microcontrollers now, but pretty much accurate.

That being said, there is room for a smartphone-controlled toaster / oven; but it should give more control (customizable & shareable heating profiles, as part of a recipe database) rather than less.

Re: This $1,500 Toaster Oven Is Everything That's Wrong with Silicon Valley Design

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Post by Cpoll » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 7:54 PM UTC

The only lasting complaint here is "the oven does things for you, which means you won't learn to do things yourself." Which is ridiculous, because that's the point of automation. Every other issue (bugs, price) can be chalked up to the early adopter principle.

The other fallacy is that everyone wants or needs to learn how to cook. I enjoy cooking, but sometimes I also enjoy dumping ingredients into a rice cooker and firing and forgetting.

I think the thermal sensor is a very clever bit of tech. I'm guessing the estimates won't be perfect because the oven can't gauge thickness, and it refines estimates once it measures the rate of heating.

> The salmon's done at 6:52 p.m.

Which is meaningless, because this is the first time the article's mentioned the time.

Re: This $1,500 Toaster Oven Is Everything That's Wrong with Silicon Valley Design

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Post by beefman » Fri, Nov 25, 2016, 7:58 PM UTC

Still 1800W, so it'll still take 5min to make a piece of toast.

"Carbon fiber heating elements ... preheats faster" Total B.S.

Much better to install a real outlet and get something like https://www.katom.com/569-FC33.html