---
title: "This Ridiculous Grill Proves We Don’t Need AI for Everything"
description: "Spice manufacturer McCormick's new concept grill uses AI to create a soundtrack to the act of grilling, proving AI can't make everything better."
date: "2019-06-21"
modified: "2019-06-21"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/ridiculous-concept-grill-dont-need-ai"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
tags:
  - "cooking"
  - "dj jazzy jeff"
  - "mccormick"
  - "the digest"
---

# This Ridiculous Grill Proves We Don’t Need AI for Everything

![Spice manufacturer McCormick's new concept grill uses AI to create a soundtrack to the act of grilling, proving AI can't make everything better.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ridiculous-concept-grill-dont-need-ai.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: McCormick\</em\>*

## Spicy Tech

The list of things a grill needs to be able to do is pretty short: cook food and make anyone standing next to it look sufficiently outdoorsy.

We never gave much thought to the things a grill *doesn't* need to be able to do — until, at least, we heard about [spice manufacturer McCormick's](<https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/20/mccormick-sumr-hits-5000-grill-concept/>) new AI-powered concept grill.

## Jazz Hands

The [SUMR HITS 5000](<https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8564951-mccormick-sumr-hits-5000-grilling-innovation/>) is rife with touch sensors and webcams that work with computer vision and machine learning software to create a soundtrack to the act of grilling, adding noises and melodies custom-made by — wait for it — frequent Will Smith collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff.

Move a burger from one spot to another, and the AI-powered grill triggers a noise. Remove a condiment from its assigned spot, and you'll hear another. Shake some spice over your food, and you'll literally hear what sounds like a powder shaking.

https://youtu.be/38MvniDE2UE

## Junk Food

To be fair, the SUMR HITS 5000 isn't meant for actual use — just like pretty much every other ["concept" anything](<https://futurism.com/the-future-of-the-car-is-undergoing-fundamental-change-here-are-seven-futuristic-concepts>) — but its creators really went above and beyond to incorporate AI in completely unnecessary ways.

This grill is over-the-top, and its use of AI totally unnecessary — but hey, at least it's giving DJ Jazzy Jeff something to do.

**READ MORE:** [McCormick's concept grill plays music based on what you're cooking](<https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/20/mccormick-sumr-hits-5000-grill-concept/>) \[*Engadget*\]

**More on concept tech:** [*The Future of the Car Is Undergoing Fundamental Change. Here Are Seven Futuristic Concepts.*](<https://futurism.com/the-future-of-the-car-is-undergoing-fundamental-change-here-are-seven-futuristic-concepts>)

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)