Amazon Smart Oven Review: Don't Let It Anywhere Near Your Kitchen

When I test a kitchen appliance, I spend a ton of time thinking about the different kinds of people who'd use it. I keep little Venn diagrams in my mind, and see how much overlap there is between the different sets: tech geeks, busy people, people who like to cook, people who don't like to cook, aesthetes, purists. A couple of months ago, for instance, I looked at a giant countertop oven that was also a microwave, and I just struggled. It was way more than a microwave-burrito bachelor needed, too big for a city apartment dweller, and large enough to microwave for four but tricky to get it to bake for more than two. It was a promising idea--two appliances in one!--but