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<div>{{InfoboxCompany<br />
| Name = {{PAGENAME}}<br />
| Type =Subsidiary<br />
| Founded =2013<br />
| Industry =Small appliances, Kitchenware<br />
| Official Website =https://www.anovaculinary.com/<br />
| Logo =Anova-logo.svg<br />
}}'''Anova Culinary''', registered as '''Anova Applied Electronics, Inc.''', is a company headquartered in San Francisco that specializes in smart kitchen appliances designed for home cooking. Their product range includes devices such as sous-vide cookers, combination ovens, and vacuum sealers. In 2014, Anova introduced the Anova Precision Cooker, which claims to be the first sous-vide cooking device with Bluetooth connectivity, followed by a Wi-Fi-enabled version in 2015.<br />
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In 2014, Anova introduced The Anova Precision Oven, a countertop combi oven designed to function independently as a sous-vide solution or in conjunction with existing "Precision Cooker" products. It has both steam and convection cooking functions.<br />
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==Consumer impact summary==<br />
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* Bait-and-switch<br />
* Service Siphoning<br />
* Self-destructive Design and/or Planned Obsolescence <br />
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==Incidents==<br />
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=== Always-online Oven with cloud dependency ===<br />
Instead of connecting locally through common models like Bluetooth or WiFi-based solutions such as mDNS/Bonjour, all app functionality requires that the Oven is connected through the Anova's Firebase instance.<br />
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=== Anova Oven App Subscription Model ===<br />
In 2024 (notably, shortly prior to the release of the Anova Precision Oven 2) Anova announced that they would be switching the app to a subscription model. This meant that any previously created or used recipe programmes would now require a paid account to activate.<br />
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The company later partially back-tracked on this, by allowing existing owners of the Anova Precision Oven 1 to be grandfathered under the previously free model. New purchases of the Anova Precision Oven 1 or version 2 model will still be subject to the new subscription model.<ref>https://anovaculinary.com/en-gb/blogs/blog/update-existing-users-grandfathered-in-new-users-will-pay-a-small-app-subscription-fee</ref><br />
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=== Anova Precision Oven 1 faulty connections in handle ===<br />
Many Reddit users have reported that the oven's touch display can become unfunctional due to broken cables in the door handle.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CombiSteamOvenCooking/comments/1epqz1r/comment/m7vghla/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CombiSteamOvenCooking/comments/1997qhr/my_anova_precision_oven_display_just_failed_whats/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/AnovaPrecisionOven/comments/190hbyw/buzzing_and_unresponsive_handle/</ref><ref>https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/my-apo-died-after-only-3-years-your-thoughts/33287/18</ref><br />
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==Products==<br />
{{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.<br />
* [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.<br />
* [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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