cooKI

Drop it in, cooKI takes over.

Until now, cooking required constantly adjusting the heat of the cooking zone to match your dish’s progress similar to the fire humans used a thousand years ago. With cooKI, that process finally changes. Our intelligent kitchen system automatically adjusts the heat, regulates the internal temperature, and monitors your food to ensure it reaches the perfect level of doneness, making cooking a more joyful experience.

How does cooKI work?

The Smart Dial is placed in its charging drawer, ensuring it stays powered up at all times. Once the magnetic Smart Dial is inserted into the pot handle, our cooking system kicks into action.

From this moment, the scanner reads the contents of the pot and suggests the most suitable cooking methods. If you accept the suggestion, the cooKI takes over the rest of the cooking process, including temperature control and cooking time.

Once your food reaches the desired level of doneness, it lets you know, and you can enjoy your meal. If you choose to reject the suggestion, you have the option to cook manually. Instead of the traditional temperature settings from 0 to 9, you’ll be shown specific cooking methods and the corresponding temperature for your cooking needs. Due to our innovative induction kitchen you are able to cook on the entire surface. After cooking you can easily put the Smart Dial back in its charging drawer.

Process

The original technology was induction, which we aimed to incorporate into the kitchen as much as possible. At the start, we had many ideas on how we could utilize it. The two main directions were heat generation through induction and power generation. One idea was to create an inductive pot, similar to a Thermomix, with blades and other features, but designed for use on the stovetop. Another idea was to have all kitchen appliances powered exclusively through induction. Additionally, we considered integrating a display into the kitchen surface, whether through a display, projection, or range hood.
As a result, we had to think about how to control these systems effectively. We explored voice control, gesture control, tangible interfaces, and interactions with the pot itself (turning, sliding). Through experimenting with temperature sensors, we arrived at the idea that sensors could measure the food and adjust the temperature in the pot accordingly. Initially, we considered placing the sensors in the range hood, but later we decided to integrate them directly into the pot itself.
This process led to a seamless interaction between technology and cooking, where the system intelligently regulates the cooking process to ensure the perfect results.