1. An apparatus comprising: a household appliance; a camera for acquiring one or more images; and a processor configured to: receive the one or more images depicting a physical object; identify the physical object depicted in the one or more images; retrieve one or more operational parameters associated with the identified physical object; and physically operate on said identified physical object with the household appliance in accordance with the one or more operational parameters associated with the identified physical object; wherein the household appliance alters a physical state of the physical object; wherein the physical state altered by the household appliance is object temperature.