I Investigated Insane Cooking Robots

Mariah falls down the food tech rabbit hole.
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Chapters:
00:00 Food Automation is Back...
00:30 The State of Food Kitchens
02:28 At Home Food Automation
03:33 Vegas!
06:32 TikTok Found My Dream Kitchen...?
09:19 Trying the AI Smoker
11:25 The Future of Food
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[@totallynotabusinessacc]

Let me cook!! 😤

[@jimmyadaro]

Please do

[@bambamedsalem9673]

My favourite after elis , davis and andrew

[@thistemba]

Hi, please make more videos on this channel, thanks, bye

[@jshooper7819]

😂🔥

[@lovedfriend2020]

@totallynotabusinessacc If you are a cook, sorry, but sadly, your job is going away.

[@yairgreen2633]

Marques should let Mariah cook more

[@yairgreen2633]

It sounds bad 😂

[@bhumikpatel9602]

Delicious 😋

[@ReluctantSpirit]

Give her a napkin to wipe off the makeup

[@dazzledave]

​@@ReluctantSpiritwhy you gotta be like that dawg🤦‍♂️

[@Antunezluisjose]

Yes please.!

[@hayatohuseman]

SO GLAD THIS IS FINALLY LIVE!! Mariah's a natural as a host, and the pacing and editing are stellar. This is definitely my favorite Studio video in a while.

[@thatdude3685]

we've been missing you for a while, did u quit?

[@quackerdeezles]

@@thatdude3685 pretty sure he did

[@ElDorito]

Totally agree! Don't usually comment, but Mariah nailed it.

[@mananahuja4656]

@@thatdude3685 he stop working at the studio , he said that on twitter a while ago

[@AyoubHassan]

@@thatdude3685 Yes he did, been more than a month I'm sure!

[@sethmossberg7045]

I love how the Studio is a place were all the employees have an opportunity to talk about something they're passionate about. It's a great outlet that doesn't always have to be about the latest phones or EVs!

[@Guerreropowerr]

Not an exaggeration to say that Mariah is one of the best things to happen to the studio!

[@nocode2.0]

Yes ❤

[@TaseenK]

4:59 "if the product can't stand alone without a subscription service, it's probably not a very good product" The timing of this video, could not be better.

[@pardhivvarma]

The Humane Ai Controversy 🤣

[@SkiiMedia]

Mariah is awesome on camera. Her voice is so natural for this.

[@tpad6]

Very well spoken as well!

[@pinsantoni]

She’s so good I had to check a couple of times if some professional voice actor was doing her voiceover! 😂

[@tommih597]

9:04 Come onnnn, not Subway surfer. I promise I was listening 🥺

[@anormalchannel9142]

lmao i thought the editor forgot to remove the subway surfer clip

[@TheJunnutin]

that was actually really funny 😁

[@noewiy4524]

I understand making this a studio channel video, but I think this could’ve been a main channel video 100%. Mariah is a natural host and this video had all the polish of a normal MKBHD production.

[@xMaku1]

I thought the main channel already has a host. And this channel was created also because main chanel has only one host. What I want to say is that all other hosts of The Studio channel are also very good hosts.

[@papermelon]

The main channel is called MKBHD (Marques Brownlee) after…the guy. It’s exclusively for him to host, it has nothing to do with how polished the content is. This channel was literally created for hosts like Mariah. Your comment has good intent but makes absolutely no sense.

[@tiednormal02]

Only Marques hosts on the main channel the channel is literally called Marques Brownlee, nobody else will host on that channel. That’s why the Studio channel was created.

[@briskitgrills]

Thank you so Mariah and Andrew for featuring us and our A.I. grilling! Making applications of A.I. accessible, beginner friendly, and affordable is key 👊!

[@indium59]

Her hosting setup gets wonderfully wilder as the video progresses. From a well lit set, to her desk, to a standing mic video overlay that moves around and rotates. 😂 Great video and great topic!

[@internetshaquille]

Poor thermomix. They’ve been in the game for so long and still haven’t moved the needle

[@misaellanderosichante3293]

i was going to ask why the thermomix wasn't take on count?

[@bigyoshi9263]

net shaq cameo !?!?!?

[@brndaniele]

@@misaellanderosichante3293 Low penetration in the US. It's pretty much an European market product.

[@brandonmyers2449]

This video is freaking amazing! Love seeing Mariah do her thing! The delivery of the info was a highlight but not THE highlight. the way this was edited and the videos thrown in with her and the green screens and all about the visuals were awesome! Thank you studio for sharing your talents with us.

[@mikail6354]

my guy chose to speak fax

[@sreedhar110]

Mariah killed it. The whole time I was just thinking, she is so good at transitions, info pacing, speech accuracy... Literally everything!! That's an excellent video. Probably best studio video in this year by a mile.

[@thistemba]

Go Mariah!!!

[@CaptainBlitz]

This might be just me, but honestly part of the charm of a Chipotle for me is the super nice and friendly staff that assemble my food. I know a lot of people don't give a shit and just want their food, but to me, I genuinely feel nicer after checking out of Chipotle. Besides, interacting with a human just feels... less dystopian...

[@whophd]

Thanks for bringing that up. It never crosses my mind when deciding where to go, particularly if it’s an area I don’t go to all the time.

[@whophd]

Also the marketing doesn’t much focus on this, for other brands I mean

[@samlloyd6197]

As a retired executive chef, I find this fascinating. I think it’s an inevitability in chain style restaurants where style,creativity and intelligence are not required, but I don’t think Chef’s, freestanding restaurants and creativity will ever go away.

[@riteshrawat3368]

Saw Mariah in the intro, already this video deserves my like.

[@PhilipLy]

really appreciate the editing style in this. still maintains the quality of a studio video, but with the silliness of the internet (subway surfer stream? lol) hope to see more like this!

[@jadoube3132]

Some random ideas: (1) a series on tech which focuses on things that actually improve your quality of life - tech that makes you happy and improves your relationships (or where the absence of tech is good - tech you don't need) (2) a tech-for-introverts series - tech which helps you keep a low profile in your life but also helps bring you out of your shell every so often (3) tech for pet lovers series - make sure you include all the pets of the Studio crew on a regular basis and show their relationships with their pets to give us more of an insight into their real personalities. Basically do anything which let's you comfortably be you and shows off your lo-fi vibe!

[@sladewatkins]

MARIAH!! just... wow. blown away by the editing, the style, literally everything. you need to cook more often!! *chef's kiss*🤌

[@shafahad09]

The editing style for this video from Peter McKinnon to TV news channels to tik tok videos. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Fooy.]

Yall I think Mariah is lovely

[@ColombianLNP]

I concur

[@hunter5822]

0:12 I’m listening to this while playing dying light 2 and the music you’re playing is syncing up extremely nicely to this music!!!

[@imKeshav]

Oh man, this one brought my memories back! I'm a food technologist turned filmmaker and I can't be happier enough to see someone discussing about food tech so passionately on a relatively big tech-based KZbin channel. Thanks Mariah, and the team at The Studio.

[@JonathanSchmalhorst]

Colossus peaking around Mariah's shoulder is a great use of a prop

[@MagnetonJjungle]

I LOVE that this channel allows other team members to host videos about topics they care about. It‘s fantastic.

[@koertje42]

Mariah has this real authentic presence, she makes video's like this work. I think we want and need more of her in this format.

[@LashanR]

Mariah is a natural 💯 Presentation and editing was smooth af

[@ozzi2856]

we have finally been blessed with more Mariah content 👏

[@sromer]

Have you seen the Thermomix? Not completely automated but it saves time

[@Dcrainmaker]

That was both super well done, arguably one of the best videos on The Studio to date. Also, umm...did I count 5 meat-cooking devices in Andrew's backyard?

[@gabrielbzani]

Mariah absolutely killed this. she’s a natural host. the voice, the pace, the facial expressions im actually a huge fan more than i already was before! more Maria videos please!!!!! 🙏

[@Danielfalcao100]

AMAZING video Mariah. Love the mix of geeky tech with how it influences the world around us (which is the more interesting part for me) hope to see more deep dives like this!

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

6:38 The funny thing about this kind of automation is that it automates the fun part and least technically demanding task* of cooking the final preparation and adding spices to taste, and not the tedious and more technically challenging part of cleaning and cutting and otherwise prepping the ingredients. Actually the two things I personally would want as an improvement in the kitchen is having onion cut (and I mean cut, not blended by a food processor) fresh but without the crying; and some kind of stove that allows me to sit in front of it comfortably (because my hyper mobile joints makes standing and stirring for long very painful) and without it being very dangerous somehow (because I could imagine having a heating hob on a table with my legs underneath would be pretty dangerous if I was also able to bump the pot and spill all over my lap; so this invention would have to somehow prevent me from being clumsy too). Though I could probably fix both problems without any high tech stuff at all; a fume hood with a good extractor fan would fix the onion tears; and a stove top on a bench and an insulated and waterproof apron and a barstool would fix the painful standing problem. (* unless of course your main issue with cooking is getting distracted and forgetting things on the stove; which I can appreciate as I have ADHD. But it's not a big issue for me because cooking is also an autistic special interest for me, so I actually quite rarely mess up things by forgetting and burning stuff.)

[@AadidevSooknananNXS]

This gives me "Answer in Progress" vibes AND BOY AM I HERE FOR IT 👌

[@davidivey2790]

this is honestly the best tech channel right now, such a brilliant and entertaining variety of content, all of which is super informative and well produced.

[@gunneone]

I love the studio so much for giving everyone the opportunity to talk about tech they are passionate about. Editing and presentation is amazing on this one. And that Nymble thing almost reminded me of 3D printers. Just with loading ingredients instead of filaments. Amazing.

[@imicca]

There is no … soul in food prepared by robots

[@bhumikpatel9602]

It's also true whenever u are not cooking

[@VMYeahVN]

There's no "soul" in food prepared by humans either, just greater variability in ingredients and preparation techniques or the ability to improvise that robots can't do yet. Those things are adaptability skills, intelligence, the human understanding of food chemistry outside of a beat for beat recipe, and product availability. Not "soul". I know everybody loves romanticizing the human ability, and that's great and all. But i personally prefer to give credit to the things that actually cause it. We aren't magical beings, that's actually what makes us great.

[@atheneus]

Give me cheaper food. You can keep the soul. People used this soul bullshit about electric cars too.

[@cvm6854]

@@atheneus just because it’s something you don’t care about doesn’t make it bullshit. It’s something that people can feel and express. Doesn’t sound like bullshit to me.

[@ZEbelgiumfreak]

​@@VMYeahVNI will always remember my grandma's food. Not sure people in the future will have such a strong bond with their grandma's robot prepared food. That's what the "soul" translates to.

[@nexusyang4832]

0:43 - You see a lot of this in Japan now, and especially during and after covid, a lot of restaurants there have pivoted to putting their products into vending machines.

[@darkkforest]

I had a great time watching this video while also learning bunch of new tech that I didn't knew. Thank you for this quality research and presentation.

[@humphrey]

Loved this video!! so cool and great to see the production

[@TAKUMISEGI]

this might be one of my fav videos ever from the Studio! LET HER COOK MORE!

[@fiddlefiver]

Love the format , the editing is well done , info is clear . Love it

[@oscarnorth7245]

Mariah is definitely the most down to earth and least ‘tech bro’ of the bunch, and I love to see it! Let her host more videos!!!

[@camejuanm]

Brought the suitcase TV to campfire ❌ Brought the suitcase TV as campfire ✅

[@dominiquestaryak4678]

So interesting! Thank you Mariah for making this. I need more!

[@manuel0578]

The problem every device that handles food has is that you need to clean it pretty much after every use which is always more annoying than cleaning simple kitchen utensils. So unless an automated kitchen device can prepare meals for me that are so extraordinarily tasty that I could never prepare them myself, it’ll always be easier to just cook yourself and clean simple utensils.

[@allieontheweb]

Don't watch The Studio too much and first time I've seen Mariah - love her energy, enthusiasm and tongue in cheek editing/filming jokes like the fireplace!

[@nexusyang4832]

2:04 - a lot of restaurants in China are doing this now, at least in the bigger cities that are still surviving. A lot of restaurants in China now that are in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th tier cities are struggling to survive and many closed up shops due to their economic downturn.

[@muhammadaminualiyu8937]

From presentations, editing and effects just brought the natural MKBHD plus more. Great 👍 work team. Let's cook

[@ramansarda5988]

Really enjoyed the video style and the video itself. I noticed this in the last video about FujiFilm X100VI too and the one on keyboards. Refreshing to see the different style of videos that this channel brings as compared to mobile reviews which are getting pretty standard in terms of format and style.

[@chefdave12118]

As a chef and a culinary instructor tis is fascinating and scary at the same time. Hospitality industry is a great career, summer job, college job, part time job etc. I hope this comes along nicely but not to far. Great video as always

[@javieravila5229]

No joke one of the best yt vids ive seen a while. Amazing job

[@Vegaskies14]

As always you guys kill with your videos. Love seeing you guys having fun and sharing your interest too!

[@rabtecho]

Finally video from Mariah! 🙌 Very nice cooked video and edit 💯 Oh, Mac 🥹

[@alezanders]

I watched this right after a Cleo Abram video and the Huge if True reference threw me off for a sec 😂

[@DanHinchliffe]

Great video. Everyone loves food and everyone here loves tech. More food tech, and more Mariah on hosting duty, would be excellent.

[@praiseemaje2554]

Great video Love it Thumbs up Mariah Love to see more of this❤

[@MattTheDesigner]

Mariah is getting her own spinoff? HUGE if true.

[@user-ln4nl8kg1n]

Lets go The Studio!!

[@zants_]

Holy crap, this video auto-played in my Watch Later playlist and I didn't realize which channel this was. The video is so professional, I honestly thought I was watching a Vox video the whole time.

[@Yoyimojo]

Really enjoyed this video, I remember seeing Mariah talk about the food hall in CES and thought that would be something interesting to learn more about - this video certainly did that wonderfully! Can't wait to see what's next

[@ak_hoops]

Okay, I was so locked in. This video was GREAT! Love the effort and information. More Mariah, more in depth Studio videos! Definitely would be here for a follow up!

[@TenshiR]

What the heck......I didn't even know this was "The Studio"! Thus autoplayed after a Cleo Abram video. I was like wow this is a pretty great channel. I should subscribe....what!?! I'm already subbed?😅

kitchen robot talking about kitchen robots.. what a crazy world we live in

[@ikeelu024]

The Brisk It is just a pellet smoker with a chat bot. Most other smokers that have wifi have many of those same features. That said, $999 isn't crazy either in the smoker world. You can get cheaper for sure, but you can also pay twice as much depending on how serious you are, material used, and size.

[@Manganellia1]

We kept it short for that segment and it's definitely right along the price range of some other Wi-FI smokers that some people might trust the brand of more. I do think the chat bot takes it one step further for people newer to trying out smoking something and I hope that it can be tweaked a bit to cater to those people as well. One thing I was honestly surprised by was the build quality. I totally expected this to be the like bottom tier Home Depot build materials with AI being the selling point, but it's way sturdier and feels worth the price tag. One thing that Brisk It claims the Weber/Traeger doesn't have is the cooking graph which I actually think is such a nice thing for the app. I was a moron and had my notifications silenced one night and when I woke up my pellets were empty. Normally seeing your temps being down overnight you have to make the decision of tossing what you were cooking in case it's been in the danger zone for hours, but instead I opened up the cooking graph and saw that it had only been out for maybe 20 minutes and the internal temp was still a solid number so I could fire it back up without being worried.

[@Rawi888]

Really love your style of videos. Actually quite calming. Somehow takes me back to 2007 when I was happy.

[@MichaelHalsell]

The low camera angle at the beginning of the segment worked nicely. Also, nice to have a non male voice on the channel.

[@jaspermauriceoenema3624]

Heej, you should check out check out facilities for people with a disabilitiy and have a look what they have there. The reason why I am saying this is because I am disabled and i'm making use of a cooker (the place where put pans and cook meals) that can switch in hights. The same with the oven. It does not have tech savy, it just has to be practicle to use.

[@darknesswithin0]

All the hail Mariah, the editor!!! (Forgot the outro though)

[@jaysondoster9729]

LETS GO FINALLY THE MARIAH FOOD ROBOT EPISODE FROM THE PODCAST

[@CaptainJeoy]

Great video. I really like this type of videos.

[@saubhagyaagarwal5303]

Mariah!! First video after a while from the studio that I loved. Way to go…..

[@mullerintech]

Love the video approach, more of this please!!!!

[@rowanstrang8072]

Great upload, this type of video deserves its own channel

[@DarrinRigo]

Big ol' Mariah fan. Big ol' food tech fan. Great video, team.

[@wedding_photography]

The future is not an appliance, but a humanoid robot that can use your existing kitchen.

[@sinnyhuang]

Love this vid. Love the style, the content, love that Mariah is hosting.

[@thelethalmoo]

Man, if I could have a prep robot to peel and chop stuff (garlic, my god..). A 'I want this much of this spice freshly ground' robot, and a oven that had a rice button and a 'shit mate come back its burning' warning. That would do

[@laurenwalker1379]

Great video! Would love to see more cooking tech videos for us kitchen gadget geeks. The GE indoor smoker would be an interesting one to look at as I haven't seen any big reviewers examining a pretty crazy gizmo. (Real smoked meats! In the comfort of your home! With a catalytic converter in the machine!)

[@makulasamuel4049]

This is main channel type of video.Secondly this is the first studio clip with few individuals its always fun when most of the team is around.But i thought this channel was meant for behind the scenes.Nevertheless this is absolutely a great video 👌🎉

[@kleanish]

Mariah is an absolute S tier level presenter. So fun!

[@user-fp4lm7uj9h]

In Europe we've had Thermomix (from Vorwerk) since the 1960s. Since the 1980s we've had it in versions where it's practically an automated kitchen like you're talking about... It cuts, boils, fries, broils, sous-vide, mixes, steams and more. It has tens of thousands of recipes - all fully customizable. It has a WiFi connection, has an app (that works well). Since the 1980s it has been able to automate cooking and later versions have just built on top of that with connectivity features. Kind of ridiculous it didn't make the cut into the video... look into it!

[@canelleblessy]

I really appreciated the nods to other fellow women tech KZbinrs!

[@thesaralkumar]

Thank you Studio channel and the team for existing.

[@vornamenachname316]

Love the video, so many funny Easter eggs and moments haha

[@paulburke221]

Mariah is an excellent, natural host! The Eddy Burback energy got me good 😂

[@allieontheweb]

That's SUCH a good way to describe lmao. Just with more tech knowledge

[@benjaminmaas4108]

9:24 "now that Im officially a dad..." His wife: Wait a second. "officially"?

[@marciliomoby]

As said before, pace and editing on this video are awesome!!! Great job Mariah and crew!

[@safistype5952]

Great work, I really liked the way Mariah presented, thank you

[@winsucker7755]

WAAAAAW, it puts things together!!! OMG, so useful!

[@V1rusOne]

Fresh food is healthier than anything precooked… Plus, is a very human thing to do. Never ever to be replaced fully by anything. Period.

[@tau93]

Mariah did a great job hosting this and now I REALLY need you to collab with Cleo Abram again! And have Mariah and Cleo be on camera together!

[@superdan2593]

Very nice video and topic! On an unrelated note, I found the audio of the beginning a bit off. It sounded like voice over or something which was nice for the different shots where we don't see you but I preferred the audio at the end (starting around 11:23). Not sure what the difference was but in any case, good job! 👍This was really interesting!

[@MusicMonkey5555]

I know this was about cooking not baking and about something not super specific, but first thing that came to my mind was a bread machine. They have it down pretty well too just throw in the ingredients in an order. I think everything that's involved in cooking as well as the art of it is very complex to automate. So many things could go wrong: amount of spices, things staying dirty, it missing one spot that it's supposed to stir and it burns; Stirring to much so it doesn't cook. Many steps have to do with the smell or look of something and that could change depending on what it is. There is preference involved as well.

[@suhantm]

The Studio needs to let Mariah cook more often 🤌

[@TedIsHere2]

I like the idea of studio people doing marques style videos of their own interests on this channel

[@SmoothRhythms]

In Germany „Thermomix“ from the company „Vorwerk“ is a thing for years now. It is an all in one cooking device that has recipies programmed in it and tells you when to put what Food in it. In my opinion it is exactly what you looked at, just without all those containers, you have to clean after cooking 🤷‍♂️ Probably the motors and heat management is even way better. Wouldnt be suprised if Vorwerk implements some AI in the future too.

[@Thekidisalright]

If I have to gather, wash and prep the ingredient then load into a machine to cook, then clean up all the container compartments then I might as well just throw all the ingredients to the pan / pot and cook it myself with the equipments I have and save that thousand dollar, those cooking machine just doesn’t make any sense.