First, indulge me for a moment of explanation. Fisher & Paykel acquired DCS in 2004 and it became one of their footholds in the North American market. What does this mean for you? That you're getting the quality and unique design of Fisher & Paykel through an American ...

If you've ever been left wanting when it comes to space on your cooktop, had to rotate food on and off the burners because you simply lacked sufficient space, or if you've ever wished you could have more control over the power of the flame you use and ...

If you'd like a traditional look paired with some of the modern upgrades in a stove, the Viking is a strong contender. The basics of hassle-free maintenance are included. For example, the cooking surface is porcelainized to make cleaning easy, and the ignition system promises a consistent, reliable light ...

Imagine having the ability to host your own wine tasting event. Can you picture yourself producing bottle after bottle of perfectly chilled delights for your guests? If not, maybe you prefer to keep your budding collection for your sole enjoyment. Wouldn't it be nice to have a variety of selections at the ...

Frequently referred to as one of the best coffee makers on the market by people who have enjoyed owning one, this tall drink of water (err, coffee? hot water??) comes from the Zojirushi company, makers of exceptional hot water pots and rice cookers. That fact alone is enough to ...

Let's pretend: It's crunch time. You have to choose. Your kitchen is on fire and you can only save one pan... No, I'm sorry. Say you're paring down. You're allowing yourself to only keep one pan out of all your cookware. Which will you choose?

This chef's pan is ...

Every kitchen needs a good stockpot. It may as well dress up the place while it is doing its duties. A pan like this is a once-in-a-generation purchase which will last through every batch of corn on the cob, simmer tomato sauce like a champ, and allow you to prepare ...

Bertazzoni cooktops originate from Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The region is known for its food: the Parmesan cheese, Parma ham, and the hills and plains of sprawling vineyards. Reflect upon this picture each time you cook, knowing that the design comes from people who know food, who understand flavor.

The highly efficient ...

Your kitchen, so small at times, never seems larger than when you have a big meal to prep. It seems like you run a marathon between the refrigerator and the stove, the sink to the microwave, check the oven, back to the cooktop to adjust the heat. Your feet, your ...

If you use or store more than a few bottles of wine per week or you are beginning to be able to detect the subtle differences that emerge with greater knowledge, you need a special place to store your selections.

When you have a dedicated wine chiller, it is possible ...

Refrigerators are designed to serve a far more complex purpose in the modern kitchen than to simply keep food cold. They have become a center for serving the needs of the family. This unit's gallon-size door bins are adjustable, and the glass shelves guard against spills by confining the spill ...

This French-style refrigerator with bottom freezer from Maytag offers 24.8 cubic feet of compartmented storage plus water dispenser, ice maker, and digital controls. Several additional features increase the Maytag's energy efficiency and convenience.

Maytag's list of important features includes the QuietSeries 200 sound silencing system to reduce the noise of compressor and ...

LG's 22.6-cubic foot French Door Refrigerator & Freezer puts everything behind the doors, including the ice maker and all controls. Double French-style doors open to a wide refrigerator compartment in the upper section, and the freezer section (SpacePlus ice making system included) swings out to give complete access ...

The Electrolux 26-cubic-foot side-by-side refrigerator & freezer combines efficiency with convenience in a stylish and accessible design. With a pitcher-sized water and ice dispenser built into the freezer door and internal details that include humidity controls for crisper drawers, this state-of-the-art appliance fills more than the essential needs.

Temperature ranges ...

GE's Energy Star Refrigerator Freezer incorporates simple older freezer concepts and modern refinements in an efficient 25.8-cubic-foot appliance. French style double doors lined with storage pockets open to give full access to deep shelves and crisper drawers.

Controls and icemaker are inside the cabinet but easily accessible -- the water filter ...

Fagor's Splendid six-quart pressure cooker adds energy efficient construction and extra safety features to this traditional time saving concept. Fagor's cooker uses a sealed layer of heat conductive aluminum between two layers of stainless steel to increase thermal efficiency and reduce cooking times by up to 75 percent.

Old fashioned pressure ...

Advanced controls add to the efficiency and convenience of this 20-cubic-foot, side-by-side Evolution 500 Refrigerator & Freezer from Bosch. With the touch of a button, the freezer drops temporarily to its lowest setting, keeping frozen food frozen and rapidly chilling items just added. A counterpart system offers the same rapid ...

Farberware's eight-quart stockpot features a heat conductive stainless steel and aluminum disc base which makes this soup and stew pot as energy efficient as any of Farberware's well-known saute pans. With the special layered base and heavy 18/10 stainless steel walls, the stockpot cooks evenly without need for higher burner settings.

The ...

The full sized Summit Pro Refrigerator Freezer offers plenty of storage space in a compact design with a 26" by 26" footprint. This frost-free model has adjustable tempered glass shelves in the refrigerator section with a clear-view vegetable crisper and plenty of roomy bins in the door for drink containers ...

The Gaggia Titanium Super Automatic Espresso Machine features a double boiler system to separate water supplies for brewing and steaming and fully programmable settings. Perfect espresso is the consistent result, with options for several brew times and varieties of product.

This beautiful machine is not difficult to comprehend. Internal sensors warn ...

Built to match the standard width of kitchen counters, the LG Side by Side Refrigerator Freezer still gives 21 cubic feet of food storage space plus several important convenience features.

Inset in the freezer door, the SpacePlus ice and drinking water dispenser gives instant access to pure water without opening the ...

With the look of a classic French armoire, the G.E. Profile offers full-access refrigeration and two drawer freezer compartments that eliminate sorting through stacks of frozen food for the item you really want. Stainless steel doors with beveled edges and stylish easily gripped handles give this refrigerator the look ...

This sturdy and compact espresso maker from Cuisinart has all the features that make for a great coffee making appliance for your kitchen. The question is, does it provide enough features and convenience to compete with others in the price range?

The EM-100 Espresso maker is a pump-driven machine capable of coffee brewing ...

This programmable eight-cup Renaissance Drip Coffeemaker from Saeco uses a thermal stainless steel and carbon fiber carafe to keep coffee hot rather than a warming plate. Although that is energy efficient, and the unit shuts off after brewing, it can affect both temperature and flavor of your morning brew.

When ...

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Until someone comes up with a radical new technology for toasting bread, we will be choosing our favorite device from small slotted boxes with spring plungers, little changed in a lifetime. All the while cursing the heavens for burnt or underdone toast. Into the fray comes this ...

Amana's 25.6-cubic-foot black stainless steel Side by Side Refrigerator Freezer sports several convenient features including locking controls, especially important in households where children and pets roam. The energy efficient design provides reliable food storage at a reasonable estimated utilities cost of $62 dollars per year.

Filtered drinking water, as well ...

Built for slicing, shredding, mixing dough, and blending, the all purpose ten-cup Black and Decker FP 1550S Food Processor can perform well but requires some special care. The ten-cup capacity is misleading, with amounts well below this level being a safe amount for this lightly built machine.

Although the 500-watt ...

Excelling at some common food processing jobs like kneading bread dough and slicing fruits and vegetables, the Cuisinart DLC-5BK Food Processor falls short in other areas. The rated capacity of seven cups is not an accurate working volume -- three cups of liquid is the maximum working load.

Although the useful ...

The ESAM3300 is known as a Super-Automatic for good reason. This style of machine is designed for absolute push-button convenience when preparing Italian coffee drinks.

Manufactured in Italy, this model features a burr grinder and will hold up to 7 oz. of coffee beans ready for automatic grinding right before the brewing ...

If you are looking for an efficient, quick way to heat water for coffee or tea without the potential hazards of boiling water on the stove, then an electric kettle is for you.

The Chef's Choice electric kettle has a 1.7 liter capacity, almost 2 quarts. There are smaller kettles on ...

Although this set of Farberware Classic Stainless Steel Cookware does have an adequate range of saucepans, stockpots, saute pans, and mixing bowls, modernization of the Classic series did result in a drop in overall quality. Some pieces in the set may last a lifetime, but others will need replacement in a ...

Few brewing methods are easier than the percolating design of the Presto 12 Cup Coffee Pot. If it's been a few years since you've used one, you may need to relearn the old tricks that go along with it.

The Presto, like any percolator design, takes a little longer but does a ...

The Oster 6297 Convection Toaster Oven offers a wide temperature range, thoughtful design, and timed cooking up to 60 minutes. Pick an oven recipe that fits its range and you'll get good results; for a countertop oven, it's very capable.

One of the nice perks of the Oster Toaster is the ...

This stainless steel Chef's Classic 7 Piece Cookware Set from Cuisinart includes three pots and a saute pan. Oven safe to 550 degrees Fahrenheit, the base of each piece holds a layer of encapsulated aluminum for even and efficient heat distribution.

One-and-a-half-quart and three-quart saucepans plus an eight-quart stockpot give ...

Simple and durable, the Original GRXB BUNN Coffeemaker makes coffee in three minutes and gets ready for more. Lack of computer control contributes to reliability, but there's no 24 hour automatic brewing option.

With the BUNN Original, you add water to the stainless steel reservoir tank, add finely ground coffee ...

In my old dishwasher, I could never find a place for every dirty dish. Miele does their best to handle all of the misfits, including a removable vase and bottle holder, a height adjustable basket, and several fold-down racks to create room and hold items in place, so you never again ...

If you have a KitchenAid stand mixer, one or two of these spare bowls are the best accessory you can buy. How often are we ever mixing a recipe that requires only one bowl? For a cake with icing, separate premix of wet and dry ingredients, double batches, breads or ...

What is one of the most subtle but effective tricks a restaurant uses to get you a really hot plate of perfect food? They warm the plate. This warming drawer works with the several offerings in the Miele Oven and Coffee System lines. It comes in black glass or ...

Some of the best tasting food I have ever eaten has been the most simply prepared. Steamed, lightly salted, nothing but the essential natural flavor of the food to stand out on the plate. This works best with some of the least popular foods of childhood: lima beans, brussels sprouts. Using ...

There are days when all I really want is to get home, close the door, find my comfortable clothes, and relax with a glass or two of my favorite wine. It isn't expensive or imported, but it has the subtleties I prefer. Just the feel of the glass in my ...

Style in a stove? Absolutely. This Miele cooktop has a black glass top with stainless steel knobs and frame that is sleek and spacious even though it takes up a very small space. The five burner pattern leaves a maximum amount of functional space between burners. Gourmet cooks will be attracted by the ...

This refrigerator is smarter than I am when it comes to food storage. Miele's thirty-inch-wide model has won a number of awards for design, aesthetics, and technology. The reasons are obvious once you explore the way the unit actively works for you. The shelves and bins tilt, slide, and lock into place ...

Capital's 52-inch Cabinet Gas Grill gives plenty of work space both on the grill and off, with options for chopping block inserts on both side tables. The hood is spacious, controls are chrome plated, and cabinet construction is seamless and smooth -- eliminating weak points and sharp corners. ...

Lynx describes this professional quality 42-inch gas grill as a mobile kitchen. Over 800 square inches of primary cooking grill plus a warming grill over 300 are powered by a burner system with an output of 75000 BTU's. Two of the cast red brass burners can be topped with ...

Handcrafted from 304 gauge stainless steel, the DCS cabinet-style, 48-inch gas grill features a patented grease collection system built into the reversible cooking grid. One side has rounded grill bars, better for cooking fish or vegetables, and the other side the standard V-shaped bars preferred for searing poultry and meat. ...

A French press pot with a precise filtering mechanism and a great look, this polished stainless steel coffee maker by Bodum makes eight two-ounce espresso style cups of delicious hot brew. That's about four cups American style.

This much stainless steel, with a double walled thermos design, can take ...

Solaire's 56-inch gas grill with ceramic InfraVection burners offers fully controlled infrared grilling, easily convertible to the more traditional convection heating of older styles. If you like new grilling options but cling to the old methods you already know, the Solaire backs you up with both systems.

The main grilling ...

The largest of Fire Magic's infrared burner grills, the Elite Magnum provides an incredible 1,056 square inches of grilling space and a total heat output of 150,000 BTU's. That's enough to run a fair-sized restaurant kitchen, or keep up with the appetites of neighborhood gatherings.

To heat the main cooking ...

This two-skillet set from Circulon includes an eight-inch and ten-inch diameter skillet in their Elite pattern. Hard anodized for non-stick cooking, these pans are heavy enough for even heat distribution without distortion. The stainless steel handles are a bit heavy for perfect balance, and you may have ...

The four-cup capacity Cuisinart Mini-Prep Plus is a handy alternative to a full-sized blender, with enough power for small jobs and easy-to-clean features that will give it more use. The Mini-Prep will grind as well as chop dry ingredients, and has push button controls plus automatic reversal for ...