Connected multi-cookers, air fryers and sous vide circulators add remote monitoring and precise temperature control to countertop cooking.
Sous vide is the category where connectivity genuinely earns its place. A long cook at a precise temperature benefits from remote monitoring and an alert when the target is reached, because the whole method depends on holding a temperature for hours.
For multi-cookers and air fryers the gains are smaller. Pressure cooking cannot be safely started remotely, so the app mostly reports progress. Judge these on capacity, ease of cleaning and how well they cook; treat the connectivity as a bonus rather than a reason to pay more.
