Wine Storage unit from the Gaggenau integrated Vario series
If you’ve visited one of our showrooms lately, you certainly didn’t find your grandparents’ kitchen. Instead you got a glimpse of astonishing kitchen appliance designs that are rapidly hitting the market. If you’re planning to build a new kitchen or renovate an old one, there are premium global brands offering appliances with superpowers! Well, almost. These smart and integrated appliances have superior designs and fine-tuned, technological features that are fit for the super-powered mind.
Superpower: Intelligence
Smart Appliances. In today’s technology-driven world, we expect our kitchen appliances to be “smart.” In fact, guesswork about timing, energy use, and temperature is a thing of the past, even when it comes to basic refrigeration. Smart refrigerators, dishwashers, and coffee makers are now available.
The Whirlpool® Smart Side-by-Side Refrigerator with 6th Sense Live™ technology is such a stunner. This super smart refrigerator puts you in control by allowing you to monitor your stored meals and food at home. With this refrigerator, a Smart Assistant feature allows you to activate options like a Vacation Assistant and a Temperature Set Assistant. Its other features enable you to track and minimize energy use. It employs built-in sensors to measure the internal temperature and activate the compressor only when necessary. With this refrigerator’s 6th sense, you’ll forever have the confidence that things are running smoothly in your kitchen.
Superpower: Disappearing Act
Integration. With integrated appliances, dishwashers disappear into the uninterrupted line of cabinetry and refrigerators are completely hidden from view. The look is so seamless that you might not even know you’ve walked into a kitchen! Can you spot the appliances in this gorgeous set-up from Wolf/Sub-Zero?
Kind of hard to tell, isn’t it?
What’s the difference between built-in and integrated?
While a built-in appliance with custom panels can be designed to match cabinetry, a truly integrated appliance becomes part of the cabinetry. Built-in appliances like a refrigerator may still have a louvered grill visible at the top for ventilation, for instance. An integrated refrigerator would be completely hidden.
Smart and fully integrated kitchen appliances are two of the top kitchen appliance trends we’ve been happy to see this year. Stop by one of our showrooms today so we can work with you to find the perfect kitchen appliance options for your home and lifestyle.
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