Kitchen appliance and system, having operating support

Abstract

A kitchen appliance for processing an ingredient includes a receptacle for the ingredient, a driving unit with a mechanical tool for treating the ingredient, an input for determining a desired state of the ingredient, a camera for taking a picture of a content of the receptacle, a processor for determining a state of the ingredient based on the picture, and an output for outputting an indication of the determined state of the ingredient. A system having a kitchen appliance is also provided.

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