Using Google assistant to make a pizza in a Samsung smart oven

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
Setting up a virtual switch to execute a Piston that starts the smart oven with the correct temperature setting and leaves it on for the duration of the cook (automatically shuts it off after 15 minutes for instance). Would be nice to alter between cooking methods as well (first 5 minutes, use the fan, next 5 minutes use over-and underheat, then use grill for the last 5.

2) What is the expected behaviour?
I say: hey Google, make me a pizza, and the oven magically makes me a perfect pizza. Every. Time.

3) What is happening/not happening?
Don’t know if it is possible to pull off with these smart ovens…

**4) Post a Green Snapshot of the piston!
No Piston yet. I know how to make a virtual switch, I’m just unsure if it would work on the smart model oven I have in mind: https://www.samsung.com/uk/cooking-appliances/electric-oven-nv75n7677rseu/

5) Attach logs after turning logging level to Full

#2

I got this from the reviews,

The other great feature is the Smarthings functionality. Using the Samsung Smarthings app you can connect the oven to your wifi (quick and easy to do with no hunting around for router passwords), and the monitor and control the oven remotely. You can preheat the oven when you’re on your way home, or just really engrossed in something on the TV, as long as it is enabled on the oven.

good news, you can see it in the St app (but you are google I believe)
once it’s in the ST app - or any other hub;s app - you are most likely to see that in webcore… after that it’s as simple as a basic piston.

or directly through google app - voice control and sim switch etc.

#3

I am a huge fan of pizza, and hate spending any time in the kitchen, so initially, this idea really appeals to me…

…but unfortunately, I see too many holes in the logic…

If I press the “Preheat” button on the oven when I enter the kitchen, the temperature is perfect by the time I get the pizza ready from the freezer. (no need for any automation except a timer)

I mean, I have to get up anyway to put the pizza in the oven…
and the pizza can not stay frozen while inside a cold oven…

I have tried, but honestly, I cannot fathom a use for this… Maybe one day, ovens will be able to keep something frozen while inside it, until you give it the command to start cooking…

#4

IFTTT has Dominos support. Perhaps you could skip the oven automation completely and get delivery.

#5

Some dinners require you to change the cooking setting and temperatures throughout the cook, and this automation would handle all that by itself (no input from you, except for the initial voice command). And timers have to be set manually, along with new temperature settings etc.

If you forget to set a timer, then you are leaving the cooking time to your gut feeling. If you do set an alarm, when do you set it for? Often I set the alarm only having to set it again because food is not done. Again, this automation would make all these things easier because cooking times have been predefined in WC.

#6

Thank you for checking this for me! I also came over that review, however I am uncertain on the amount of control that Samsung let’s you have over the oven. Are you only allowed to preheat it? Are you allowed to put on the grill setting, vary the temperature, shut it off completely through smartthings app? If that is allowed then it could be configured in WC no problem.

There could potentially be a safety issue as well, as Google assistant can operate when you are not at home. You could trigger a cook, the internet could fail, and the action to stop the oven from cooking would not be triggered. My Samsung drier has a function where uyou have to push a button (every time) in order to control the drier remotely. The smart oven maybe has a similar button? So few details on Samsung website…

#7

I love everything smart BUT yet, I would never trust smart home technologies with:
a) Security of my home (unless the system is hard wired)
b) Safety of my home.

Smart devices are not 100% reliable at this point.
Companies are keep pushing devices without making sure that they are market ready (to get a lead)

So personally, you are right, I wouldn’t connect my oven to the smart home automation in any shape or form. Washer and dryer (which I have) yeah they are fine:)))

#8

Touché… I forgot that cooking can be an art to some folks…