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Whirlpool Side-by-Side Refrigerator with MicroEtch Spill Control

Whirlpool side-by-side refrigerator with MicroEtch Spill Control shelves offers the most shelf space and the largest crisper in the industry and stores it all – from last night’s casserole to tomorrow’s school lunches.

The Whirlpool side-by-side refrigerator provides 25 percent more usable shelf space so consumers won’t have to worry about making room for groceries. And all that space doesn’t come with higher energy bills - the Energy Star qualified Resource Saver model uses less energy than a 60 watt light bulb, making it the most energy efficient side-by-side refrigerator ever. The refrigerator also features 6th Sense technology that uses built-in sensors to automatically adjust to return food to the desired temperature in half the time as previous Whirlpool models without the 6th Sense system.

According to a 2009 Whirlpool survey conducted online on its behalf by Harris Interactive, the majority of consumers generally clean their major appliances once or twice a year. Whirlpool brand can’t prevent spills, but its MicroEtch Spill Control shelves can help keep them clean by preventing spills from leaking, so there’s no need to worry if that juice box spills before it makes it into the lunch box. The shelves combat spills with microscopic etching around the perimeter to help prevent liquids from overflowing and leaking (as much as a full can of soda).

For more information, visit Whirlpool.

DCS by Fisher & Paykel Side-by-Side Refrigerator

DCS by Fisher & Paykel has added cool innovation to its indoor kitchen line with its 36” side-by-side refrigerator. Combining advanced technology and stylish design, the 36” DCS by Fisher & Paykel refrigerator features state-of-the- art features, unparalleled food care, convenient beverage chiller, and tri sensor control system that maintain the professional style consistently known with the DCS family of products.

This focus on food preservation results in unparalleled food care. The humidity drawer ensures the perfect environment for fruit and vegetables while the temperature drawer offers different settings for a range of items like meat and cheeses. The convenient beverage chiller boasts an adjustable environment to keep beverages cooler than the rest of the refrigerator.

The tri sensor control system supports a three thermostat system to ensure more accurate regulation of temperatures for the freezer and fresh food compartments.

The DCS by Fisher & Paykel refrigerator is also energy efficient and Energy Star approved by using its precise temperature controlled and defrost mechanisms, high-efficiency compressor and improved insulation. To be exact, the side-by-side refrigerator uses 40% less energy than the conventional models sold in 2001 and uses 20% less energy than required by current federal standards.

DCS by Fisher & Paykel has delivered an ergonomic design with hidden hinges adding a clean aesthetic that designers love. With counter depth design, this DCS installs flush with cabinetry. The 36” wide, 70” tall configuration provides convenient access to 13.5 cubic feet of refrigerator space and 8 cubic feet of freezer space. Multiple drawers and shelves allow for maximum storage of large plates and for easy loading and unloading of everything from fruits and vegetables to raw meat and dairy.

For more information, visit DCS by Fisher & Paykel Side-by-Side Refrigerator.

Dacor French Door Refrigerator

Dacor's Energy Star rated refrigerators are Energy Star compliant, which means they are 20% more efficient than non-compliant refrigerators.

To bear the Energy Star label, a product must operate significantly more efficiently than its counterparts, while maintaining or improving performance. Dacor's 36" Freestanding French Door Refrigerator with Ice and Water Dispenser does just that, consuming less energy than a 75-watt light bulb.

Its elegant stainless steel design may look too luxurious to also be sensible, but that's far from the case. Featuring an easy-to-navigate electronic control panel glowing in Dacor's signature blue, the internal temperature is always visible and users are alerted when the water filter needs to be changed. The exterior dispenser not only serves up fresh, cool and convenient filtered ice and water - it also minimizes how often the doors are opened, leading to even greater energy - and cost - savings. And, the 36" refrigerator
features the intelligent Sabbath Mode, which allows users to open the doors at any time without turning on energy-consuming lights or features.

Its convenient French door design provides full access to the impressive interior storage space, ideal for large platters and complete with slide-out shelves and in-door gallon bins. Its bottom freezer drawer promises effortless organization and easy to access to all items. And, a modular design system allows owners to customize each model to fit their personal style with either a professional, classic Epicure handle or the more contemporary Millennia handle.

For more information, visit Dacor Freestanding French Door Refrigerator.

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet Outdoor Warming Cabinet

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet 24” warming cabinet was inspired by food service professionals and offers homeowners a larger and easier-to-use warm storage space. Its highly-stylized louvered door establishes a new level of design.

The cabinet, with 4.7 cubic feet of warm storage space is unencumbered by the space and height restrictions that are a standard feature of warming drawers.

A series of specialized, adjustable-height warming shelves is at the heart of the cabinet; each sit on stainless steel glides that extend beyond the cabinet’s opening, giving the homeowner access to the entire shelf. Two shelves hold food and can be moved vertically within the cabinet to accommodate different sizes and shapes; each is 26” long x 18 ¼” wide in size, perforated to allow heat and moisture circulation, and can accommodate a wide variety of plate and platter sizes. It is capable of holding an optional third food shelf.

A separate shelf holds two water trays that retain warmth, radiate moisture, and quickly reheat the cabinet’s interior after a door opening. The bottom shelf holds up to six gel-fuel canisters that maintain an interior temperature of 160-degrees in 30-degree ambient weather.

A specially-designed thermometer ensures homeowners maintain food-safe heat levels within the cabinet.

In another first for outdoor kitchen equipment design, Kalamazoo created a louvered cabinet door. The look aids cabinet ventilation, keeps out rain, and takes to a new level of style the outdoor kitchen cabinet door.

The 24” Warming Cabinet is built with Kalamazoo’s weather-tight rain gutter engineering, which channels water away from the interior, keeping it dry. It is fabricated by hand from heavy-gauge stainless steel in Kalamazoo, Mich.

For more information, visit Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet Outdoor Warming Cabinet.

GE Nucleus Home Energy Manager

GE Nucleus Energy Manager is an affordable, innovative communication and data storage device that provides consumers with secure information about their household electricity use and costs so they can make more informed choices about how and when to use power.

GE's Nucleus brings the promise of the smart grid into consumers' homes. As utilities deploy smart meters, the Nucleus will collect and store a consumer's household electricity use and cost data for up to three years, and present it to consumers in real-time using simple, intuitive PC and smart phone applications, helping consumers monitor and control their energy use.

Nucleus is the first product in GE's Brillion suite of smart home energy management solutions that will help consumers control their energy use and costs. In addition to Nucleus, GE's Brillion suite will include a programmable thermostat, in-home display, a smart phone application, and smart appliances for the entire home.

By 2012, US utilities are expected to install more than 40 million smart meters. These digital meters enable utilities to charge “time-of-use” rates for electricity throughout the day. When demand is low, electricity will cost less, and when demand is at its “peak,” utilities will charge more to encourage off-peak consumption.

With these new pricing plans, however, comes the need for innovative technologies to help consumers manage their usage. Along with monitoring their whole-home energy consumption, consumers will have the option to automatically adjust thermostats or alter the consumption of GE Profile appliances with Brillion Technology in response to utility price signals.

Future Brillion options will also include alerts to assist consumers with daily tasks, such as when to change the refrigerator's water filter or when the dryer cycle ends. Software upgrades will further enable Nucleus to monitor water, natural gas, and renewable energy sources, as well as plug-in electric vehicle charging.

For more information, visit GE Nucleus.

Liebherr BioFresh Refrigerators

Liebherr BioFresh technology gives consumers the freshest, most ideal food storage conditions in large capacity models. Food that lasts up to three times longer, less waste and fewer trips to the market means that this refrigerator can actually change the way you shop. BioFresh is available in the all 36" Liebherr freestanding, stainless integrated and fully integrated models.

With BioFresh, the technology allows the drawers to self adjust, adapt to any fluctuation and ensure that the temperature is perfect for the contents of the drawer. The drawers may be independently adjusted, either HydroSafe or DrySafe, depending on what’s being stored.

With BioFresh, carrots last 30 days longer, grapes 17 days longer, yogurt 16 days longer and your beef filet 5 days longer. Make a fresh salad with lettuce you bought 8 days prior. BioFresh enables consumers to shop every other week for fresh produce, thereby reducing carbon footprints. 

Other key performance features of the line include:
French doors allowing for better clearance than side-swing doors (stainless integrated and fully integrated models also have Liebherr’s SoftSystem gentle close technology).
Dual cooling system, with separate efficient variable speed compressors for the refrigerator and the freezer.
Large storage capacity: 10.4 cu.ft. refrigerator capacity, 2.4 cu.ft BioFresh capacity and 6.0 cu.ft freezer capacity.
Double freezer drawers on telescopic rails with self-closing drawer mechanisms.
LED light columns in the main compartment, LED light spots in both BioFresh drawers and freezer drawer.
Technically advanced water filter for the Ice Maker available for household appliances.
Enhanced Power Cooling system for improved chilling performance.
Energy Star rated.

For more information, visit Liebherr Appliances.

Maytag Bravos Laundry Pair

Now, consumers can get superior performance and high efficiency most known in front load washers in top loaders– and at a price that meets every budget with the Maytag Bravos washer.

Built from the ground up to ensure long lasting performance and durability, every Maytag Bravos washer includes commercial-grade components and a 10-year limited warranty on the motor and the stainless steel wash basket to provide worry free maintenance for years to come.

All Maytag Bravos washers are Energy Star qualified and use an IntelliFill sensor to regulate the amount of water being used, making automatic adjustments based on the size of the load and type of fabric. By using less water, consumers will save money and natural resources while delivering improved cleaning performance. With up to 11 different wash cycles and 18 options, the Bravos washers are up for a number of cleaning challenges from sleeping bags to workout clothes. The dryer minimizes the risk of overdrying and shrinking with the IntelliDry sensor by monitoring the moisture level of clothes as they tumble.

The Power Wash cycle combines a commercial-grade impeller and stainless steel wash basket to create the best cleaning performance by moving independently of each other, creating more mechanical action and scrubbing for extra clean clothes. The extra cleaning action loosens stains and ground-in dirt while enhanced stain removal utilizes hot water to fight difficult stains such as coffee. A thorough rinse flushes out any remaining detergent or lingering soils.

Automatic detergent and fabric softener dispensers, as well as a gravity-fed bleach dispenser, evenly distribute the additives into the load and different soil level options select the appropriate soil level and wash time for each cycle. Variable temperature settings provide wash and rinse temperature options for a variety of load types. Ensure customized drying performance with the Bravos dryer’s multiple temperature controls, which allow consumers to select from a variety of temperature options based on the type of load.

In addition to the automatic settings, Bravos washers come equipped with a 4.3 cu. ft. I.E.C. capacity equivalent, which accommodates larger loads, for fewer total loads per week. The dryer’s 7.4 cu. ft. capacity provides enough space to easily dry large loads, such as sleeping bags and comforters.

For more information, visit Maytag Bravos Laundry Pair.

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet K900 Hybrid Grill

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet K900 Hybrid Grill features a hybrid grilling drawer system, and a redesigned spring assisted hood that makes the 60-pound top easy to open with one hand.

The hybrid grilling drawer system has always been at the heart of the K900. One drawer style was designed for use during gas-only cooking while another type handled grilling with wood and charcoal. Sitting above the grill’s burner and below the cooking surface, the drawers made switching fuel types easy and allowed quick starting for charcoal and wood fires.

The drawer system features a single drawer engineered for use in every cooking session. Now switching cooking fuels is easier than ever. The drawers are designed for easier cleaning and better performance with smaller pieces of lump charcoal or wood chunks, split logs or small limbs. It also eliminates the service needs and the relatively short life expectancy of ceramic diffusers with a lifetime warranty for the drawer.

Kalamazoo is well-known for the strength and durability of its grills, but its construction has also required some extra strength from the cook. A spring assist system helps lift the grill’s 60- pound hood through an internally routed combination of springs and cables.

The grill’s hood changes to an arched shape from flat, similar to the Artisan Fire Pizza Oven from Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet.

These fourth-generation grills continue to be built by hand in Kalamazoo, Mich.,  retain their 100,000 BTUs of primary cooking power and the custom-cut quarter-inch thick stainless steel cooking surfaces that are optimized for cooking meat, fish or vegetables.

For more information, visit Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet.

Bosch Linea Counter-Depth Refrigerators

Bosch Linea counter-depth refrigeration offers a sleek, flush design enhances Linea’s aesthetics and maximizes its convenience and performance.

Linea features height-adjustable EasyLift door bin and shelves that provide an easy way to accommodate over-sized food items without having to unload and reload the contents of the fridge. Detachable CoolPaks, perfect for portable coolers, free up valuable space in the freezer. Linea’s LED lighting solution, CoolGlow, brightly illuminates the entire refrigerator and freezer, ensuring no food gets overlooked or forgotten.

The exterior ice/water dispenser is integrated flush and frameless to accommodate tall glasses and pitchers to fill with crystal-clear, filtered water, ice cubes and crushed ice.
Exterior touch controls enable all refrigerator and freezer functions to be controlled without opening the doors. This improves food preservation and reduces energy consumption.

Sabbath mode helps families honor this religious observance by turning off interior lighting and acoustic signals while temporarily locking the display panel buttons. Gallon door bins are spacious enough to hold two gallons of milk or juice and an additional 2-liter bottle.

Linea’s Dual Evaporator System keeps the air-flow and aromas separate between the fridge and the freezer while an AirFresh carbon filter further reduces unwanted odors. Antibacterial wall linings provide a hygienic atmosphere.

The FreshProtect Box temperature controlled drawer provides three precise optimized storage settings for fish and meat, dairy and produce. SuperCool and SuperFreezer modes protect all the food in the fridge when freshly-prepared foods are introduced.

Linea is Energy Star-qualified, the industry standard in environmental responsibility. Linea’s Eco and Vacation cooling modes help reduce energy costs compared to continual operation in standard mode.

The long door with hidden hinges provides a seamless built-in look. All metal handles, high end glass shelves, and metal look trims give a premium appearance. A hide-away water filter is stowed away in an easy access compartment in the interior ceiling. This unique space solution maximizes storage capacity.

Linea is available in stainless steel; and stainless steel, high gloss black and white.

For more information, visit Bosch.

Gaggenau Power Dishwashers

Gaggenau’s DF 260/261 24-inch power dishwashers are strong enough to clean up after the most prolific home chefs in 59 minutes flat.

The DF 260/261 power dishwasher’s Power Boost option renders dishes clean and dry in 59 minutes for a quick turnaround with spotless results. And an Intense Wash setting is perfect for mixed loads. Six additional programs include an Extra-Dry setting that removes all water particles from hard-to-dry plastics such as Tupperware.

The DF 260/261 power dishwashers save time, money and energy without sacrificing strength. Gaggenau’s Aqua sensor technology determines the load and degree of soiling, optimizing the water temperature, water quantity and the length of the washing cycle accordingly. The automatic detergent function adjusts the amount of detergent used to the needs of each load. Not only does it take the guesswork out of doing the dishes, it also conserves energy and water by avoiding the excess usage of both. The DF 260/261 power dishwashers are Energy Star certified and their Energy Save setting is the most efficient in its class.

Featuring a third basket for cutlery, espresso cups, small plates and chopsticks, and Gaggenau’s Flex Plus basket system, the DF 260/261 dishwashers offer interior configurations to fit the largest pots and pans while protecting delicate china. The middle basket, with its fully extendable pull-out rack, adjusts to three levels, even when fully loaded, to accommodate oversized dishes and cutlery, and can be removed completely for greater flexibility.

Stemware support bars and dividers accommodate up to 24 wine glasses and, combined with Gaggenau’s Glassware Technology and anti-slip grids, ensure that the most delicate stemware remains intact.

The DF 260/261 dishwashers are also available stainless steel- or aluminum-backed glass door panels to match Gaggenau’s ovens series, or can configure seamlessly with custom cabinetry. The dishwashers’ movable parts are color-coded, allowing users to load and unload dishes and cutlery with ease. With a noise level of only 41 decibels, the DF260/261 dishwashers are the perfect silent partner for design-conscious home chefs: a discreet Info-Light projects a red dot onto the floor beneath the dishwasher to indicate it is in operation.

For more information, visit Gaggenau.