- Brisk It announces grilling AI update
- Vera 2.0 can understand images
- And it announces a new, more affordable AI grill
Generative, AI-enhanced gadgets were all the rage in 2024, but something that stood out from last year’s more mainstream announcements were the Brisk It’s Origin grills and the Vera AI, which promised to help you grill food to perfection. Now, at CES 2025, Brisk It is back with new hardware and an AI update.
To bring you up to date with Vera 1.0, Brisk It previously explained that the AI is ideal for helping you plan meals – by asking it for meal advice based on what you want to eat, your allergies and what your in the refrigerator – and that is also possible. also take control of your compatible grill. You simply tell the AI what you are cooking and it regulates the temperature.
Now Vera 2.0 is about to deliver a serious update, thanks to image recognition. Instead of simply listing the ingredients, take a photo of it, or a photo of a dish or recipe, and Vera can help you plan meals based on the images you submit. It also promises to be a better grilling companion.
AI whims are becoming more accessible
The big downside to Vera, however, is that it’s only compatible with Brisk It’s AI grills, which aren’t cheap. The Origin 940 normally costs $1,099.99 and the Origin 580 $849.99 – although we recently saw them on sale for $200 off and $150 off respectively.
Even then, that’s still quite pricey, but with Brisk It’s new Zelos-450 smart grill you should be able to try out AI grilling at “a much more accessible price point” – at the time of writing we don’t have a precise price for grill here, but we will update this article when we know more.
The Zelos-450 not only features AI support – which promises to make real-time cooking adjustments if you make mistakes, and “reliable, hands-free grilling from start to finish” – but also the same wood chip grilling experience as other Brisk It grills for a wood fired flavor finish on your food. Plus, it offers 450 square inches of cooking space and cooking temperatures from 180F to 500F.
We hope to test the new Zelos-450 smart grill ourselves soon. We’ve heard good things about Brisk It’s other AI grills, so we’re excited to see these in action, and on that note we plan to demonstrate the technology at the company’s CES booth – so look out for our opinion about that demo when we publish them and be sure to follow it our TikTok which will have the latest technology from CES.