ApplianceAdvisor Appliance Report AGA 800

The New Appliance Report from ApplianceAdvisor.com

Miscellaneous Brands
New brands which may be flashes in the pan

2006 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
BERTAZZONI
Promised to be available in the US now.
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CATA
CATA has US OEM business, but as far as we know they do not exist as a brand. Still some pretty impressive concept units.
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FRATELLI / TERIM
This is an Italian brand without any current USA business. Trawling for partners.
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ILVE
ILVE is an Italian brand, but not yet with any US business. Trawling for partners.
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KALAMAZOO
Sexy grills for people who need to be separated from their cash.
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TURBOCHEF
Turbochef is a commercial brand with a new owner, cash to burn, and hell bent to enter the residential market. They come to the table with what they claim to be the fastest, oven anywhere using a technology first introduced but never perfected by Thermador, Jet Impingement. This is a technology which can be described as convection on steroids with 60 MPH variably directed jets of air which eliminate the laminar layer of cold air which protect the food from the heat. Also employs microwave, but not intended as a stand alone microwave.
Turbochef showed off the 30" double oven with bottom convection, broil convection, rigged for either 240V, or 208V. They demonstrated the unit by cooking a 2-1/4 lbs chunk of beef in 8 - 9 min at 500F.
Of course they did not mention the 15 minutes pre-heat time. We wonder how that rates when factored into the speed calculations.
The controls allow the programming of favorites. A chime bell rings at 80% of time completion to allow checking.
Finally, let's discuss the styling. Clearly it is a design one will either love or hate, but it will not be lost in the sea of other ovens. Clearly a decision was made to cut the anchors to the current design language for ovens which bore us all to tears. The design's real point is not a whisper, but a scream to your neighbors and friends to "ASK ABOUT THE OVEN!". Years after the particular brand of your requisite 48" range no longer matters, you will know the brand of this oven.
Production is promised for September 2006.....but we have no confirmation that this occurred. Retail for the double oven to be $7500.
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TWIN EAGLES
High-ish end BBQ for the snotty set.
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2005 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
ABBAKA
A few shots of the Abbaka booth.
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ANTONIO MIGUEL
Antonio Miguel is a new entrant to our desperate industry but their chances are better than most. They have created a technology to create exotic, and otherwise economically impossible metallic designs that will keep them in the industry. The technology allows the creation of complex metallic shapes by spraying molten metal over a wooden form. Just take a look at the results.
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DELAUBRAC
A French residential range built, they claim, from professional components. Features Duel fuel with 10, 15, and 17K BTU sealed burners, but can adjust maximum BTU output by opening up and adjusting inside just like a pro machine. We saw it described at the show but we don’t understand it or the benefiits. The 48" range is priced for $17,000. Approved USA distribution.
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EVO
A cool and expensive griddle that can do anything you can do inside on your Viking and then some, including boil, braise, poach, steam, fry, grill, make a grill cheese sandwich and socialize with next door neighbors wife while yours is in Phoenix to see her mother, all with a 48,000 BTU burner which is available on a trolly, for table top use or as a built-in.
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FOSTER
Foster is an Italian manufacturer of stunning high end sinks and appliances. 2005 was there first showing at KBIS. The Foster gas cooktops are unusually gorgeous featuring recessed sealed burners and counter top flush grates. We specifically like the single burner depth cooktops which are available in 3, 4 and 4 burner + wok configurations. Cooktops also feature full surface grates and electronic ignition but unfortunately also fairly low performance. These are design driven products not dimensionally constrained by either US or standard metric sizes. If you can be content to commission an artist who refuses to adapt his art to your requirements, then you just may find happiness with Foster's visionary appliances.
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HANDCRAFTED METAL
Another company invested in unusual fabrication and materials for rangehoods.
These copper units are selling for $6000 to $7000.   They claim that they will not oxidize. The finish is created using chemicals and a blow torch. They promise a performance of 1200-1600 CFM for external blower or 400 - 600 CFM for internal blower.
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PANDO
Spanish make of rangehoods. Pando claimes that these hoods provide 770CFM, are all UL approved, and are ready to go. As far as we can see searching for OEM business and not available in the US market.
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PUNENG / ARDA
Chinese maker of rangehoods.    As far as we can see searching for OEM business and not available in the US market.
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SAN YAN PAI / WINDSTER
An US based, China sourced, Asian-market targeted brand of rangehoods.
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SANYO
We have no recollection of ever seeing Sanyo at KBIS. Sanyo claims this to be the first top loading combo washer dryer combo. Features a built-in steam function to kill all microbial life, they claim. Cycle time of 2 hours to complete wash + dry. Will be energy star rated, 23-5/8" wide, has 3 doors on top (too many I think). Sanyo's first full size appliance will be available in October for $1700.
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SWIFT
Swift seems to be a small OEM Canadian company with plans to built a brand.
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They also displayed a rudimentary knockoff of a GE Monogram hood:
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GE Monogram hood, click here.

TRUE REFRIGERATION
True continues to stay true to its strategy to be at the KBIS under false pretenses. These are not residential approved refrigerators.
This year they showed a 24" deep fridge, UL approved for outdoor use and with a claim of a "quieter compressor".
Ture does not meet 2002 refrigerator energy standards. I would not recommend that anyone buy one of these.
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TWIN EAGLES
High-ish end BBQ for the snotty set.
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WHITEROCK
Taiwanese distributor of garbage disposers. Why are they selling hoods?
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2004 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
TRUE REFRIGERATION
True is a maker of commercial refrigerators for commercial customers. They are not makers of residential refrigerators, but they came to this, the residential Kitchen and Bath Show, feeling out the market and trawling for dealers who can't get Sub-Zero. The True prototype residential refrigerator is an upright with glass shelves, supposedly quieter compressor than the true True refrigerators, all with the style and appeal of a file cabinet. True also showed off a Beer Keg fridge UL approved for outdoor use. None of the True products had passed energy efficiency standards required for residential use.
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FRANKE
The maker of sinks enters the appliance business with a sourced built in coffee machine from Tecnowind of Italy. Priced for around $2400 and with promised availability of Q4 2004, it has yet to reach the market as of Q1 2005. The 12" deep unit is fully automatic and includes a coffee grinder, and is powered by a standard 110V line.
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2003 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
La Germania by BERTAZZONI SPA
Italian brand trawling for business.
New UL approved hoods…including a 60cm unit
New UL or AGA approved gas cooktop. 34" 5 burner, with 7K, 10K, 12K, 7K, 3.4K

BIG CHILL
A new company with a new kit to turn a new Whirlpool refrigerator into a classic 50's style. Kit includes powder coated stamped metal panels and chrome trim. At $1450 for the do it yourself kit, and you supply the Whirlpool 21 cu ft refrigerator, OR $2750 for the fully assembled unit with the fridge....they did not bring back the pricing.

COOK-N-DINE USA
Beni Hani for the home
A German auto parts producer has entered the cooking world with a cleaver little dining table / cooking area. Cook and eat on same surface. The center of this seamless stainless topped table is a slightly recessed area for 110V OR 220V grilling and cooking. "Round Wood-laminate dining table with integrated module in the center. Patented allows you to prepare, cook, and eat right there. For indoor or outdoor use" Available 110V and 220V. MSRP for $2200- $3150.

Copama SA/ Malber
New 15lb washer machine due out in July