BENTON HARBOR, Mich. and
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Whirlpool
Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of major home
appliances, and Innit®, a leading food tech innovator, today
announced a partnership to bring a new layer of food intelligence
to help people eat and live better. Whirlpool Corporation connected
cooking appliances, starting with Jenn-Air® brand WiFi connected
ovens, will offer the Innit platform to enable advanced automated
cooking and dynamic digital recipes to help people cook more at
home.
Innit Empowered appliances and apps give consumers a way to
access thousands of digitized recipes, based on personalized
dietary and taste preferences. Consumers will be guided by
intuitive step-by-step preparation instructions, and with just a
few clicks, will be able to cook with chef-level quality on their
Jenn-Air connected oven. Cooking is tailored to the weight,
temperature and type of food, helping ensure great results with no guesswork.
In step with its position as an industry leader, Whirlpool
Corporation is gearing up for a market on the cusp of increased
demand for intuitive, connected home appliances. "Whirlpool
Corporation has taken a leading role in introducing innovative
connected appliances, and the Innit platform adds powerful and
intuitive ways to connect food to the kitchen," said Brett Dibkey, Vice President, Integrated
Business Units at Whirlpool Corporation.
"Jenn-Air® and Innit are delivering a new layer of intelligence
to the kitchen, helping consumers achieve breakthrough levels of
convenience, flavor, and healthy cooking," said Steve Brown, General Manager of Jenn-Air. "We're
confident that Jenn-Air consumers, as early adopters, will embrace
this technology and the added precision it brings to cooking and
entertaining."
Whirlpool Corporation and Innit plan to begin consumer trials in
late 2016, with availability on all Jenn-Air connected wall ovens
planned for the first half of 2017. Starting immediately,
consumers can get a taste of the joint offering in live demos and
cooking classes on Jenn-Air® products, offered exclusively at the
Pirch retail showroom in SoHo, New York
City.
"Nearly every aspect of our lives has benefitted from digital
innovation, but food and the kitchen are still largely
analog. Together, Innit and Whirlpool Corporation are
bringing forward a new class of technology to empower people
through food, while maximizing simplicity and enjoyment," said
Eugenio Minvielle, founder and
president, Innit. "By unlocking information within food, Innit can
help consumers get more out of their Jenn-Air appliances, and
reduce dinnertime stress."
Innit's team of chefs, nutritionists and engineers uses cutting
edge food science and technology to help people manage and prepare
their food with ease. The Innit platform identifies and measures
food using advanced sensors in the kitchen, recommends recipes
based on inventory, and automatically executes expert cooking
techniques on connected kitchen appliances to produce amazing
results every time. Innit was founded in 2013 in Silicon Valley and
emerged from stealth mode in November
2015 with $25 million in
funding.
About Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the number one major
appliance manufacturer in the world, with approximately
$21 billion in annual sales, 97,000
employees and 70 manufacturing and technology research centers in
2015. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid,
Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana,
Bauknecht, Jenn-Air, Indesit and other major
brand names in nearly every country throughout the world.
Additional information about the company can be found at
WhirlpoolCorp.com, or find us on Twitter at
@WhirlpoolCorp.
About Innit
Innit empowers people through food. The Innit platform combines
personalized culinary and nutritional science with cutting edge
information technology to power the emerging Connected Food
ecosystem. For more information visit www.innit.com. Follow Innit
on social media: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter. Innit is a registered
trademark of Innit Inc. Innit Empowered and Listen to Your
Food are trademarks of Innit Inc.
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