Apple Announces the iPan, Starting at $899. The Cable Is Sold Separately.

Apple has entered the cookware market. The company confirmed the launch of the iPan at a special event held at Apple Park on Tuesday, which Tim Cook opened by saying “one more thing” fourteen minutes into the presentation, at a moment when nobody was expecting it and the audience had already begun to gather their belongings.

The iPan is a three-in-one frying pan designed for what Apple describes as “the most personal cooking experience we have ever created.” It features three circular cooking surfaces arranged in a triangular configuration, a proprietary handle made from “aerospace-grade recycled aluminium,” and a non-stick coating that Cook called “the smoothest surface we have ever shipped.”

The non-stick surface, Apple clarified in a footnote, is activated via a software update available in iPan OS 1.0. Customers who purchase the iPan before the update is released will be able to use the pan in “legacy mode,” which Apple describes as “a standard frying experience.” The update is expected in Q2. Apple declined to specify which Q2.

“We asked ourselves: what does cooking look like when you remove everything that isn’t essential? The answer was a pan with three holes in it.”

— Jony Ive, via pre-recorded video message

The iPan starts at $899 for the base model, which includes the pan, a small card with the Apple logo on it, and a pamphlet explaining what a pan is. The cable required to charge the pan’s embedded temperature sensor is sold separately at $49 and is not compatible with any previous Apple cable. A MagSafe version is available for an additional $79.

Apple also announced the iPan Pro at $1,199, which adds a larger third cooking surface, ProMotion heat distribution that adjusts up to 120 times per second, and the ability to connect to two displays simultaneously. Analysts are unclear what the displays are for.

The company emphasised the iPan’s integration with the broader Apple ecosystem. When connected to an iPhone 16 or later via the iPan app, users can receive notifications when their food is ready, view real-time cooking analytics, and share their meals to Apple Maps as “Homecooked locations.” The feature requires an iCloud subscription.

The iPan will not work with Android devices. A support document published quietly to Apple’s website notes that the iPan is also not compatible with gas stoves manufactured before 2019, induction hobs in the European Union, or “cooking surfaces that have not been certified by Apple.” A list of certified cooking surfaces was not provided.

Pre-orders open Friday. Delivery is estimated at six to eight weeks. The pan will be available in Space Orange, Midnight, and a new colour called Aluminium, which is silver.

This article is satire. The iPan does not exist. Apple makes no cookware. Please do not attempt to pre-order one.