Smart kitchen tools are culinary appliances that employ advanced technology in some way. The Revolution Instaglo 180 is considered "smart" because it features a touchscreen interface that allows you to select your bread and toastiness level of choice. The toaster adapts to that data and performs according to your input.The Cosori Electric Kettle is a wire-free way to boil water faster than a normal pot and stove. If a tool is newly electric, or if it simply works faster and more efficiently than previous technology, then it may be considered "smart."Of course, many things these days are considered smart: our phones, our homes, and maybe even our dogs' kennels. At the end of the day, perhaps it's up to you as a tech enthusiast to determine whether a device is truly worthy of the "smart" adjective.