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by zepearl 1553 days ago
I would never ever dare to preheat remotely (and having an open Internet connection that has the potential to allow that would be a nightmare for me).

My current owen actually forces me to at least open once the hatch before allowing it to be switched on (I guess that it's to force me to check if anything was previously left inside).
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currency 1553 days ago
Being able to turn on cooking appliances remotely couldn't possibly go wrong[0].

/sarcasm

[0]https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/...

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blacksmith_tb 1553 days ago
Agreed, the only useful connected functions I can imagine are "isOvenOn?" and "turnOvenOff" but even then I would be nervous about relying on either...
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wil421 1553 days ago
My wife and I both work from home and a lot of times have meetings up until 5. It would be nice to be able to start the oven so I could get my kids food into a preheated oven right at 5.
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