Prepare to be wowed by your refrigerator. Source: Getty Images
THROW out the extraneous gadgets cluttering your kitchen.
The new generation of fridges make tea and soup, plan meals and have in-built coffee machines.
There’s now a consensus that these household monoliths should do more than just chill food.
Manufacturers are making our fridges work harder. And the results could revolutionise your cooking and eating.
Here’s what these futuristic devices will do:
Ditch the coffee machine, all you need is the right fridge. Source: Supplied
HOT STUFF
GE this week announced the launch of its Cafe Series French Door Refrigerator, which will brew your morning coffee from pods, rather like a Nespresso.
You place a pod in a brewer, insert it into the fridge door and select your coffee of choice — the machine will then pour it at the “optimum flow rate”.
It’s a natural progression from the company’s recent new hot-water dispenser, which allows you to instantly make tea, cocoa, soup or oatmeal.
Throw in hands-free autofill — which uses sensors to fill your bottles, jugs and pots to just the right level — and your fridge could soon be your favourite appliance.
The latest fridges are compartmentalised for optimum storage. Source: Supplied
KEEP EVERYTHING FOR AGES
Keen chefs can control temperature, humidity and air quality, with freezers that remain resolutely frost-free.
Meat, seafood, fresh foods and beverages are stored in compartments of different temperatures to ensure they keep longer and avoid odours mixing.
Panasonic’s latest models feature blue and green LED lights in the vegetable crisper that activate the natural defences of fruit and veg to keep them fresh.
Their Econavi system adapts to the user’s lifestyle, monitoring temperature, light and how often the door is opened and making subtle changes to save energy — for example, using less cooling power at night.
Samsung’s Chefs Collection range comes with “triple cooling technology” to make preserving different foods easy.
One compartment is set to the optimum temperature for red meat and fish and includes a stainless steel marinating tray.
Still, sparkling, with cubed or crushed ice — it’s your call. Source: Supplied
MAKE DRINKS HOW YOU LIKE THEM
Cocktail-shakers can resign, all you need to be a premier bartender is a fridge.
Ice is now dispensed cubed or crushed and water is freshly filtered and poured at your favoured temperature.
LG fridges come with pop-out home bars and Samsung have incorporated SodaStreams that make your water exactly as sparkling as you like it.
Watch TV or listen to music while you cook. Source: Supplied
ENTERTAIN YOU AS YOU COOK
The idea of fridges with sound systems has been around for a while, but Whirlpool last year introduced CoolVox in the US, the WSJ reported — out-of view, Bluetooth-enabled speakers.
LG and Siemans models come with built-in LCD televisions and A/V connectors.
Samsung’s wi-fi connected refrigerator mirrors your smartphone, playing Pandora radio through two built-in speakers, streaming TV shows, taking memos and displaying photos on an eight-inch touch screen.
It can also make and receive phone calls.
Just make sure your fridge isn’t smarter than you. Source: Supplied
ORGANISE YOUR EATING
A smart fridge will stay in touch with you during the day, for example, letting you know the missing ingredient you need to pick up on the way home for dinner.
Intelligent sensors on the latest Panasonic fridges keep you updated on power use and assist with meal preparation.
GE’s hot-drink making appliances come with an app that lets you program the fridge to heat water at a preset time.
Meanwhile, futuristic smart ovens will complement your ingenious fridge with features that monitor the internal temperature of food, cook your meals in time for your arrival home and let you share recipes with friends.
You could soon wave goodbye to faddy kitchen appliances forever.
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