AI, meet A-1.
Home grill chefs could soon be cooking perfect steaks in less than 90 seconds — providing they can afford what’s been dubbed the “world’s first AI-powered grill,” manufactured by British company Seergrills.
If you thought a night at Peter Luger’s was expensive, the cool new culinary toy — called Perfecta — might give you indigestion with its $3,500 price tag.
“We noticed there is often difficulty and inconsistency in cooking food – it’s mostly always overcooked and dry, taking a long time,” said Suraj Sudera, an engineering graduate from Aston University in Birmingham, England, papa of the Perfecta.
Seergrills are powered by proprietary NeuralFire technology, which uses dual infrared burners — and machine-learned knowhow — to determine how to cook the food to “perfection” at a blistering 1652ºF, according to the company.
Americans hoping to lock down a Perfecta of their own can sign up now to pre-order the device, which the company claims cooks food up to 10 times faster than conventional cooking.
Recipes typically tell people to cook steak on a gas grill at around 500ºF, according to the Wooden Skillet.
The Perfecta differs in that it doesn’t cook steaks horizontally like a traditional grill does. The device user sticks the steak into the machine vertically.
The user then taps on the device’s touch screen to select the cut of steak they are using, as well as the desired wellness level.
Propane burners emit infrared rays and then cook the steak evenly so that it doesn’t need to be flipped, as opposed to on a traditional grill.
Also setting it apart from a typical cooking experience, fat from the meat is captured by a removable drip tray below, while water and gases exhaust from the top of the grill, the manufacturer explained on their website.
On a regular grill, fat drips below and causes flare-ups which can dry out meat and create an inconsistent texture, the company said.
Most importantly for meat nerds, the machine “optimizes conditions for the chef-favored Maillard reaction.”
“The Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction between proteins and sugars that gives browned food its unique flavor,” the website said.
Some characteristics of the Maillard reaction include “perfect sear on the outside, perfect doneness on the inside and perfect moisture retention.”
In addition to steak, the grill can cook 50 types of food including chicken, fish and pizza.
The nosh news comes on the heels of a host of futuristic advancements in the food world.
A company called Revo Foods recently made 3D-printed vegan salmon available in Austrian supermarkets, while Israeli food laboratory Aleph Farms managed to 3D print a steak with cruelty-free, lab-grown meat.
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