The Honeywell Kitchen Computer was a 16-bit minicomputer; it was preprogrammed with a few recipes. These computers had 4KB of magnetic memory, which was later expanded to 16KB. Its official name was the H316 Pedestal. Its system clock was 2.5MHz. It took 475 watts to operate.

It was advertised as a machine for storing recipes and helping homemakers in their daily domestic tasks. However, reading and introducing a recipe was a difficult if not impossible task as the computer had no display and no keyboard. It required a two-week course to learn how to use the machine.