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I’ve seen my fair share of AI-powered smart ovens, complete with all the weird cooking functions, probes, recipe suggestions, and other largely unnecessary bells and whistles.
CES Always feature several smart ovens, and it has become Increasingly unaffected. However, a small, simple oven with some interesting features caught my eye in the showroom this year.
Apecoo’s version of the smart oven is called Essoisn’t ready for prime time but has some compelling qualities. It’s smaller than most smart ovens and doesn’t claim to “do it all.” But the internal camera and weight sensors help it better understand the food you put inside and the best way to cook it.
AISO uses images and sensors to determine the “geometry” of food
Using built-in sensors and a camera, the AISO oven determines the geometry of the food and determines the ideal cooking time and temperature.
AISO identifies the foods placed inside using images captured by the camera, along with weight sensors. These sensors help determine details such as the thickness of a piece of meat or the size of a handful of broccoli, something a camera alone cannot do. It then uses its algorithm to determine and deploy an “ideal cooking programme,” relying on those metrics – rather than an annoying probe – to determine the optimal cooking time.
Reps placed a packaged granola bar inside to show how the oven will know when something is “uncookable.”
In the words of one representative I spoke with in the showroom, AISO “determines the geometry and adjusts heat distribution in real time. Simply place your food inside. The AI identifies the ingredients and executes the perfect cooking cycle without you having to push a button.”
A smart oven that doesn’t outdo itself
AISO is a simpler type of smart oven.
Unlike expensive Smart ovens that came Before thatAISO is not very complicated. There are no steam or bottom-up burning functions – just classic coil heating and convection.
He also learns as he goes. There is a medium cooking programme, but you can help the oven learn how to cook to your preferences. The more you cook, the better it gets, as AISO lets you refine the meaning of “perfect” based on your feedback.
In addition to determining the ideal cooking profile for each type of food, the oven determines and records the nutritional value, calories and other useful information about the food you are eating. If the goal is to eat more protein throughout the week, for example, the oven and app can help you keep track of that.
The product comes with an app that the company suggests using for best results, but it doesn’t require the app or a Wi-Fi connection to run. Everything is hosted locally on the device, at the edge.
The big warning? We didn’t get to see her cooking
In the end we couldn’t see the oven in action. Delegates were using fake food to show how to identify food and suggest cooking programs, but nothing was actually cooked.
Although the concept behind AISO is compelling, it wasn’t fully underway on the CES show floor. Reps were loading it with fake plastic food to show how the sensors identify food items and suggest cooking times, but that’s where the demonstration ended. Pre-orders are now available, and reps tell me the first units will likely ship before the end of 2026.
This smart oven has my full attention, but only time and testing will tell if this less-than-smart smart oven is worth a space on your kitchen counter. I, personally, can’t wait to see the oven in its full form, cooking “perfect” medium rare steaks without any cooking time calculations or oven monitoring.