The kitchen is the heart of the home. It is a busy space for cooking, socializing, and other daily routines. Juggling meal prep, cooking times, and cleanup can be chaotic.
By connecting your kitchen appliances and devices to Homey, you can create a smart, responsive space that works with you. These automations streamline your daily tasks, save energy, and make your kitchen a more enjoyable and efficient place to be.
Smarter Cooking with Perfect Timing
Connecting your smart oven or cooktop to Homey brings a new level of convenience to your cooking. You can preheat the oven on your way home from the store or check from your phone if you accidentally left a burner on. To ensure perfect results, Homey sends an alert to your phone the moment your food is ready, so nothing ever overcooks.
For larger meals, keeping everything at the perfect serving temperature is a challenge. A smart appliance like a Bosch Warming Drawer is designed for solving this. A Homey Flow automatically turns on the warming drawer when your main oven finishes its cooking cycle. It keeps your side dishes warm or heats your plates, ensuring that every part of your meal is ready at the right time.
A Smarter Start with Coffee and Breakfast
Mornings go smoother when the kitchen is already ahead of you. Connect a smart coffee maker or kettle to Homey. A Flow can start it the moment your alarm goes off, or when a motion sensor picks up your first steps.
Pair this with other morning Flows. Kitchen lights can rise gently as the coffee brews. A toaster on a smart plug can start at the same time, so breakfast is ready together.
The best thing is Homey can also personalize this. A Flow tied to one person's phone can start their coffee only. Everyone gets a routine that fits their own morning.
Efficient Appliances and Energy Insights
With Homey, your other kitchen appliances also become smarter. If the refrigerator door is left open, Homey sends an alert to your phone, saving energy and preventing food spoilage. You can also get a timely notification the instant your smart dishwasher cycle is complete, helping you keep your kitchen workflow moving.
By using a smart plug with energy monitoring, Homey tracks how much power your dishwasher or fridge uses. You can then create a Flow to only run the high-energy cleaning cycle during off-peak hours when electricity is cheapest. This helps you save money on your utility bills without any extra effort.
Automated Ventilation for Cleaner Air
Cooking can create a lot of smoke and strong odors in your kitchen. A Homey Flow can use a smart air quality sensor to detect this. When you start cooking, it can automatically turn your kitchen's extractor hood to a high setting to clear the air quickly. This keeps your home smelling fresh and helps prevent the main smoke alarm from sounding just from searing a steak.
The same principle works perfectly for managing steam. When you start boiling water for pasta, a smart humidity sensor can detect the sharp rise in moisture. Homey instantly responds by activating the ventilation fan to handle it. Better yet, the Flow also turns the fan off automatically after the humidity has returned to normal, so you never waste energy by forgetting it is on.
Get Started Today
Your kitchen is the perfect place to start your smart home journey. With Homey, you can create a more efficient, helpful, and enjoyable space for you and your family. It is time to build a kitchen that works for you. Get started for free with Homey Cloud, or go full-on with Homey Pro.
FAQ
Can Homey control kitchen appliances that aren't originally smart?
Plugging a standard appliance like a kettle or toaster into a smart plug with energy monitoring lets Homey turn it on or off and track its power use, even if the appliance itself has no smart features.
Will Homey turn off my extractor hood automatically after cooking?
Yes. A Flow using a humidity or air quality sensor can turn the extractor hood on when it detects smoke, steam, or odors, and turn it off again once conditions return to normal.
How does Homey help lower my kitchen's energy costs?
By monitoring appliance energy use through smart plugs, Homey can schedule high-energy cycles like dishwashing to run during off-peak electricity hours, cutting costs without changing your daily habits.
Do I need Homey Pro to automate my kitchen, or does Homey Cloud work too?
Homey Cloud supports basic Flow automations for free, while Homey Pro adds local processing and support for a wider range of device protocols for more advanced kitchen setups.
Can different family members get personalized morning routines?
Yes. Flows can be triggered by an individual's phone rather than a shared device, so one person's coffee or lights can start without affecting the rest of the household.
Glossary
Flow
A rule created in Homey that connects a trigger, such as a sensor reading or a time of day, to one or more actions performed by connected devices.
Smart Plug
A plug-in device that adds remote control and, in many cases, energy monitoring to appliances that aren't otherwise connected to the smart home.
Off-Peak Hours
Time periods, usually overnight or midday, when electricity rates are lower than during high-demand hours, often used to schedule energy-intensive appliance cycles.
Humidity Sensor
A device that measures moisture levels in the air, used in kitchens to detect steam from cooking and trigger ventilation automatically.
Trigger
The condition or event in a Flow that starts an automation, such as a door opening, a sensor reading changing, or a set time being reached.
