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June returns with a cheaper smart oven for lazy cooks
Two years ago, June unveiled its first smart oven, complete with a 2.3-GHz quad-core NVIDIA processor, lots of sensors and a dose of artificial intelligence. In my review, I was mesmerized by how well it cooked a variety of foods simply using preset programs. Unfortunately, at $1,500, it was ridiculously expensive. Today, June is discontinuing it and is ready to reveal its second-generation oven. Not only does it cook faster, it's smarter and, at $600, significantly cheaper.
Amazon Alexa now controls your microwave
Alexa's smart home skills aren't just for turning on the lights or locking your door these days -- now, they can help fulfill your culinary ambitions. Amazon has added cooking abilities to its Smart Home Skill framework, letting you control microwaves (and eventually conventional ovens) with your voice. Instead of pressing umpteen buttons, you can simply ask Alexa to "defrost 3lbs of chicken." Suffice it to say this could be helpful if you don't want to start cooking right away, or if you just hate your microwave's interface.
June is smarter than a regular oven, but $1,495 is hard to swallow
Smart cooking gadgets are de rigueur these days. We've seen connected sous vide machines, smart kitchen scales and even a WiFi slow cooker. So you'd be forgiven if you thought a smart oven would be just another appliance with an app. The June smart oven, however, is a lot more than that. It's outfitted with an HD camera, a 5-inch touchscreen, a slew of sensors and even a 2.3 GHz quad-core NVIDIA CPU, all for the purpose of taking the guesswork out of cooking. And after three years of development, the company is finally starting to ship to preorder customers next month. The downside: It costs $1,495. And while I think it's a wonderful machine, that's still much too rich for my blood.
A $1,500 smart oven made me the perfect leg of lamb
If you'd like to cook more but tend to feel disappointed by the results, you might be interested in the June. Announced last year, the June is an intelligent oven outfitted with a camera, a scale, a bevy of sensors and the guts of a smartphone or tablet (It has an NVIDIA Tegra K1 chip plus a 2.3GHz quad-core processor) to deliver the perfect meal. Want a medium rare steak? Simply weigh it, plop it in the oven where the camera will instantly recognize it's a steak, stick a temperature probe in, enter in your desired temperature on the touch screen and the oven will take care of the rest.
