Delight the home cooks in your life with a revolutionary Bluetooth
thermometer. The interactive SmartPrompt Probe includes timers,
2,000,000 recipes, a boiling sensor, and precise temperature
measurements from any mobile phone. It's the perfect holiday gift
mom, grandma, or anyone who loves to cook!
No matter how busy your lifestyle, making a great meal shouldn't be hard. The SmartPrompt Probe's built-in sensors and alerts make it easy for every meal to be a success.
Want more advanced temperature control in the kitchen but don't want to give up your go-to pot or pan? The SmartPrompt Probe is the answer. Simply clip the SmartPrompt Probe onto any of your existing cookware, and turn your old favorites into new ones.
With
11 years of food technology experience, our Austin based team of food
technology lovers have been launching products and websites to help the home
chef succeed in cooking. Our goal is to make it easier for you to prepare
healthy meals at home.
Our
team of talented programmers and designers work tirelessly to bring the very
best technology to every product we launch.
Since 2005, our team has
produced several award-winning cooking products including 5 generations of
digital recipe readers. Our recipe
readers and tablets have received countless rave reviews and accolades. Our products have even been featured on shows
like Ellen, the View, and Oprah.
Harlan
Beverly is Chief Executive Officer of Key Ingredient, the Austin-based company
focused on harnessing the latest technologies to advance the digital cooking
experience for home cooks.
In
2005, Beverly founded and was CEO of Bigfoot Networks, Inc., a gaming hardware
company, which was acquired by Qualcomm in 2011. After Bigfoot, he founded and
was CEO of Karmaback, Inc., a social networking SaaS company, which was
acquired in 2013.
Beverly
has more than 20 patents and has been published in dozens of books and
articles. In his 12 years leading companies and teams, Beverly has
successfully launched more than 12 hardware and 30 software products including
the Killer NIC, 2007 Network Product of the Year (CPU Magazine).
Beverly
was recently invited to become a professor of Entrepreneurship at The
University of Texas where he will also serve as assistant director of the Jon
Brumley Texas Venture Labs. He is also pursuing his PhD in Business, and is
actively involved in the entrepreneurship community of Austin as advisor and
board member of multiple companies.
As chief technology officer of Austin-based Key Ingredient, Ryan Nowakowski is responsible for all tech projects including web, software and hardware development. Key Ingredient is focused on harnessing the latest technologies to advance the digital cooking experience for home cooks. Nowakowski previously worked on the Smart Router Team at Qualcomm and was the founder and CTO of Karmaback, a social network marketing company, with the goal of helping companies generate real sales revenue from social networks.
Nowakowski is a seasoned software engineer and application developer, working at companies such as Bigfoot Networks, NetStreams, Britestream Networks, S1 Corporation, Broadwing Communications, Tivoli Systems and Applied Materials. He is fluent in Python, Javascript, and C. He loves Linux and playing around with machine learning.
Published on the topic of neural modeling programs, Nowakowski received his Computer Science degree from University of Texas at Austin.
Key Ingredient SmartPrompt Probe
- 6" Thermal Probe with Pot Clip
- Step-by-step directions for over 2,000,000 recipes - just pick the one you are making and press start!
- Easy to add your family's favorite recipes.
- Built-in Temperature Sensor with Real-time Display on Phone
- Built-in Timers with Real-time Display on Phone
- Built-in Boiling/Simmering Detection with Alerts on a paired Phone
- Built-in Burning Detection with Alerts on a paired Phone
- Bluetooth 4.0 - Pairs with iPhone or Android App (included)
- Easily Replacable Battery (included)
We have a working prototype and final designed mock and we are now focused on:
- Finalizing the molding for the final product
- Iterating the user experience for the mobile app
- Improving our patent pending step-by-step natural language processing technology.
We will soon begin the process of:
- Designing the packaging
- Developing the supply chain process
- Tooling
- Materials procurement
- Production
We
have been working on the SmartPrompt Probe for the past 8 months and
have come a long way. Now we need your help. Your support will allow us to
initiate tooling and manufacturing so we can make the SmartPrompt Probe available to you, and the millions of people who could use just a little help to successfully cook meals for themselves, their friends and their families.
- Be the first to get one (and we mean it)
- You want to cook awesome meals and want some help in the kitchen. The SmartPrompt Probe is like having mom in the kitchen helping you, and reminding you in case you get distracted!
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Where will the SmartPrompt Probe be available?
At this time, the SmartPrompt Probe will be available in the US, Canada and Mexico. Supporters from other countries will be able to get the SmartPrompt Probe only through this IndieGogo campaign.
When will you start shipping?
The SmartPrompt Probe pre-order perks will begin shipping November, 2015 on a first-ordered, first-received basis. Key Ingredient will keep you notified of your ship date.
What languages does the SmartPrompt Probe support?
At this time, the SmartPrompt Probe is only available in English.
Do I need a wi-fi network to make the SmartPrompt Probe work?
No. The system uses bluetooth to connect to your IOS or Android smartphone.
Does the SmartPrompt App work with both IOS and Android?
Yes, there will be a SmartPrompt App for both IOS and Android.
Can I use the SmartPrompt Probe with my own recipes?
Yes! All you need to do is add your recipe to the free Key Ingredient Account and click "Send to SmartPrompt".
Is Key Ingredient hiring?
We are always looking for talented people to join our team. If you think your background and goals are aligned with ours, visit
www.keyingredient.com/help/about to contact us.
How do I pay the $25 flat rate shipping fee for international shipments?
Please add $25 per probe unit for shipping when you pledge. Forgot to add the shipping fee? No problem, we'll reach out to you near delivery time to finalize shipping and confirm delivery address.
Poached or Over-Easy?
Your choice. With the SmartPrompt Probe - you'll get the step-by-step directions to do either one - perfectly!