The smart home has almost got past elementary school with products like the Nest thermostat and August smart lock making the home safer and smarter.

Next on the list of smart home devices to buy is Meld, a new way to make sure food is cooked at the right temperature. It's currently looking for $50,000 in Kickstarter backing to get the show on the road.

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Meld offers three products, a Knob that can be swapped with regular burner knob, a Clip to check the temperature of the pan and an app to select a recipe for Meld to follow.

Together, it should allow regular people to cook meals at the right temperature, hopefully removing any mistakes in temperature control. It's a better and cheaper solution to sous vide for homeowners that might not want to wait two hours and pay $400 to have a steak come out medium rare and not charred.

The knob is able to reduce or increase temperature automatically, although it can't switch itself on. It knows if the cook has added an ingredient and will change the temperature accordingly, alongside shutting off the burner if something bad happens.

The clip can track temperature to a degree, making it almost impossible to undercook or overcook the food. Meld's app allows cooks to stick to a time window and make sure they follow recipe instructions.

Meld was created by Pinterest's former head of engineering Jon Jenkins and engineer and food scientist Darren Vengroff who previously worked together at Amazon in 2006. The team wants to create the best solution to make the kitchen smart.

This is only the beginning for Meld, according to Jenkins, who claims in the next few years (if Meld is successful) more inventions will come from the company focused on smart home devices.

Recipes can be added by users and Meld will offer reviews and data mining to make sure only the best recipes are available for users. This could be a good branch into recipe making if Meld becomes successful.

The $50,000 goal should be met before it ends in three weeks, considering the Meld knob and clip are available for $99 on Kickstarter ($129 retail) and it already has $48,000 at the time of writing. The question is once Meld is out and available for homeowners, will the company look to make any other big changes to the kitchen?

TagsMeld, smart home, Kickstarter