Seergrills unveiled its new flagship Perfecta grill at CES 2024. A CES Innovation Award honoree, the Perfecta is the “world’s first AI powered grill,” according to Seergrills. The grill has a list price of $2,500 and is available for preorder now with an exclusive $1,000 discount until the end of the CES.
Powered by Seergrills’ proprietary NeuralFire technology, the Perfecta packs a quad-core processor and a suite of smart sensors that measure environmental and food variables, including thickness and temperature.
Seergrill has dubbed its program the aiChef. A cook can set the desired doneness and sear level via touchscreen. The aiChef then takes those instructions and uses information from the smart sensors to dynamically control the grill’s dual vertical infrared burners. These burners pulse and move horizontally, getting closer and further from the food as the program directs.
The burners operate at up to 1,652 degrees F and provide 360-degree cooking, simultaneously doing both edges and sides, creating the perfect sear and eliminating the need for the cook to flip. When complete, the burners turn off automatically and return to their home positions.
Seergrills says the Perfecta prepares delicious and nutritious meals ten times faster than conventional cooking, finishing a 1-inch ribeye steak in 90 seconds and four chicken breasts in two minutes and 30 seconds. Chefs prize the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction between proteins and sugars that gives browned foods their unique, juicy flavor, and the Perfecta promises to deliver that perfect sear on the outside and a just-so doneness on the inside with ideal moisture retention.
The Perfecta combines the custom preferences set by cooks in the Seergrills app with sensor data readings to control the grill’s burner system.
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Conventional grilling methods lead to fat drips and cause flareups that can burn and dry out the meat, yielding inconsistent texture and taste. Perfecta directs all water vapor and gasses out the top, so fat drips into a removable dishwasher-safe drip tray.
The Perfecta combines the custom preferences set by cooks in the Seergrills app with sensor data readings to control the grill’s burner system. After each meal, users can rate their meals in the app, creating data that will train the AI and improve cooking in the future.
Not only will the Perfecta cut cooking times by 90 percent, the grill also uses 50 percent less energy than traditional barbeques, ovens, or air-fryer methods, according to Seergrills. Cooking modes include grill and oven, with the option to add on pizza and rotisserie modules.
Seergrills also offers the GrillStation for users who want a traditional outdoor grill setup that includes extendable prep and serving stations, drawers for spices and accessories, and an edge rim for hanging utensils.
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