After hours of perusing gadgets and gizmos at CES 2025, the one that stole my heart may have been the one that turned raw flour, oil and water into a beautifully warm, perfectly flaky tortilla that almost instantly seemed to bring my weary soul back to life.
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Apecoo had a handful of very specific kitchen gadgets — an automatic waffle-making device, a product that can cook and mash potatoes, a machine that makes homemade coffee pods — but the tortilla and roti maker was the one that was cooking. The smell of freshly made tortillas wafted through the other smart home tech on the floor, calling out to hungry convention-goers.
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The tortilla and roti maker is expected to hit the market in a couple of months for $899, so this is not for someone who only wants the occasional fresh bread. It can work with a variety of types of flour, although the water ratio may need to be adjusted to produce pliable dough with the right texture that can cook up fast. The demonstration used all-purpose flour, and what it produced was delicious.
The machine has basins for the flour, water and oil. The company’s representatives added salt to the water in the appropriate tank. After that, the machine took over completely. First it mixed the ingredients into a dough, then formed it into a ball in a small see-through component. Finally, the ball of dough moved onto the press, where it was flattened and cooked. A conveyor brought the tortilla out to the front, gently placing it on the front of the device, ready to be eaten. The whole process takes about a minute.
It did look as though the tortilla and roti maker might require some work to clean, with a lot of moving parts for dough and flour to stick to. Some components, like the receptacle for the flour, were easily switched out at the booth.
Apecoo’s other machines weren’t cooking, but the waffle maker is also capable of going from raw ingredients to a finished product without a human having to mix ingredients, monitor cooking or flip anything. It takes about five minutes to make one waffle. The mashed potato maker can do more than just cook and mash a potato — it can do the same with other foods, such as yams, fufu or hummus.
Is this a machine that home cooks are going to run out and buy for $900? Probably not. But it’s easy to see a cooking robot like this churning out fresh tortillas at a local pop-up or restaurant, especially to speed up the creation of mobile orders. With a mouthful of steaming-hot tortilla to bolster me as I explore the wonders of CES 2025, that could be a delicious way to make fresh tortillas more accessible to all.
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