Scott Heimendinger
Scott Heimendinger is an inventor and culinary technologist and the Founder & CEO of Seattle Ultrasonics. He was JBFA Judge - Cookbooks at The James Beard Foundation and Chief Innovation Officer at Anova Culinary. He was Technical Director at Modernist Cuisine, Co-Founder at Sansaire and Founder, Blogger at SeattleFoodGeek.com. He is also Founder and CEO of Seattle Electronics. He was inducted into the International Sous Vide Association Hall of Fame.
Seattle Ultrasonics’ Scott Heimendinger spent six years creating the $399 C-200 ultrasonic eight-inch chef’s knife
Scott Heimendinger, founder and CEO of Seattle Ultrasonics, spent nearly six years developing the C-200, an eight-inch ultrasonic chef's knife that uses subtle vibrations to reduce cutting force and prevent sticky foods from clinging to the blade. The idea came from industrial ultrasonic food-cutting machines Heimendinger saw online, and he overcame significant design and engineering challenges to miniaturize the technology for everyday kitchen use.
Seattle-Area Innovations — tactile sports tablet and ultrasonic chef’s knife — featured on Time’s 2026 Best Inventions list
Time’s 2026 Best Inventions list highlights several Seattle-area innovations, including a tactile sports tablet for low-vision fans and an ultrasonic chef’s knife, illustrating the region’s practical, human-centered creativity.
Seattle-area startups and tech firms — Yoodli, Tin Can, OneCourt, Starlink team, Valve, Amazon — land on Time’s 300 Best Inventions list as Microsoft is omitted
Time’s latest Best Inventions list highlights 300 innovations, with numerous Seattle-area startups and companies — including Yoodli, Tin Can, OneCourt, Starlink’s Redmond team, Valve, and Amazon — earning recognition for products from a tactile sports tablet to an ultrasonic chef’s knife, while Microsoft received no mention.
Seattle Startups OneCourt, Yoodli, Tin Can and Seattle Ultrasonics Make Time’s 2026 Best Inventions List; Microsoft Omitted
Seattle-area startups including OneCourt, Yoodli, Tin Can and Seattle Ultrasonics were featured on Time’s 2026 Best Inventions list alongside Amazon and SpaceX teams, while Microsoft received no mentions. The honored innovations span accessibility, AI-powered education tools, consumer hardware and an ultrasonic chef’s knife, highlighting the Pacific Northwest’s growing influence in tech and assistive devices.
GeekWire's Top Stories Sept. 21, 2025: Seattle Tech Layoffs, Sila's Battery Plant Launch, Microsoft AI Chip Cooling
GeekWire's most popular stories for the week of Sept. 21, 2025, highlight Seattle's tech challenges amid layoffs, the launch of Sila's automotive-scale battery manufacturing in Washington, and innovations from Microsoft and local startups. The coverage also includes insights from robotics pioneer Siddhartha Srinivasa and cultural moments like YouTuber IShowSpeed's Seattle streaming.
Seattle Ultrasonics Launches $399 C-200 Ultrasonic Chef’s Knife with 40,000 Vibrations per Second Technology
Scott Heimendinger, founder of Seattle Ultrasonics, has launched the C-200, the world’s first ultrasonic 8-inch chef’s knife priced at $399, designed to make cutting easier with over 40,000 vibrations per second. Leveraging his 15 years in kitchen tech, Heimendinger emphasizes practical innovation over gimmicks, with the knife’s effectiveness backed by robotic testing.
Seattle Tech Veterans Launch PoulTree, a $20 Stainless Steel Rod for Perfectly Roasted Chicken Cooking
Seattle tech veterans Dave Atchison and Tony Smith co-founded PoulTree, a simple $20 stainless steel rod that allows for evenly roasting a chicken over a cast iron skillet by elevating it for convection cooking without complex gadgets. Their invention emphasizes analog cooking, combining innovative design with straightforward usability, developed and tested in a Seattle workshop.
Organizations
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Seattle Ultrasonics Founder & CEO 2020–present · current
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The James Beard Foundation JBFA Judge - Cookbooks 2022–2023 · past
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Anova Culinary Chief Innovation Officer 2021, Chief Marketing Officer 2020–2021, Consultant, Food Nerd 2019–2020 · past
Education
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Carnegie Mellon University BS, Information Systems · 2001–2005
