It's Dennis McDonald here
at Yale Appliance, and we're going to go through today and listen to Jessica give
us a great overview from some of the hot products at KBIS this year for GE Cafe,
and can't wait to see what she has in store.
Let's take a look and give our reaction.
Hi there, and welcome to our
Cabana Club Couture kitchen here in the Cafe Booth at KBIS.
So as you can see, we have a beachy feel
going on here, and our creative director, T.K. Wismer, pulled our inspiration
from the resort wear runway at New York Fashion Week this fall.
So as you can see, we have our beautiful
matte white with brushed brass finish appliances here in the booth.
So I want to show you guys just a couple to show off.
So first you'll find here our four-door refrigerator.
As you can see, there's no water dispenser on the outside, so you're getting a really
beautiful, almost integrated look that people love.
It blends right into the cabinets.
So I want to call this one out specifically because this is coming soon.
We have our auto fill pitcher inside the drawer.
So you can see here,
this blended perfectly with the interior of the refrigerator.
We have our copper accents that match as well.
And so this is going to fill up automatically when it's in the fridge.
Then you're able to take it the Keurig in the morning,
you want to fill up a lemonade in the summer, you want to just put some
fruit in there and have a nice refreshing summer drink.
It has a spigot.
I don't love the spigot because you really
have to rest the doors open and wait for that water to pour out.
But certainly you can remove it and go
right on the counter into a Keurig or something like that.
So really cool feature. I'm with it.
I just don't know that I love it
in the fridge to be used with that spigot inside the fridge.
Not the most efficient way to do things.
Now, pour, fill cups,
place it on the table, anything that works for your family.
Inside, you can also see our stunning light wall.
This is a showstopper and make sure
that you never lose anything in the back of the refrigerator.
Now, let's stop there because the light wall is amazing.
Lighting is so important in the fridge because so much gets buried in the back.
I think they've done a fantastic job here with the light wall.
It's an industry first.
There's no one else really with it.
And they'll be doing this in some of their
under counter units, but also as much in some of their main
refrigerator line and more and more to come.
Really well done. Refrigerator.
Then of course, we also have to mention our convertible drawer here as well.
So here you'll have five different options
between soft freeze, meat, beverages, snacks, and wine.
So again, an opportunity for a homeowner
to really customize the refrigerator for their specific needs.
So as we walk this way, I want to show you guys our cafe double dishwasher drawer.
So this is a brand new platform to GE
appliances, and we're so excited to launch it here in the cafe lineup.
So when you think about this product,
I want you to think about customizing your clean.
So you can customize in cafe with the finish, with the handle hardware.
And so here you really get to customize how you want to load the dishwasher.
So you can run each drawer individually or
together, and there's a ton of loading flexibility inside as well.
With fold down tines, a removable silverware basket,
folding cup shelves, and places to load even items like stemware.
So she said it.
You can run two loads at one time or separately.
Many times I know in my family,
like kids having unloaded the dishwasher drives me nuts.
Well, this way you generally always have
one working clean or in wash and another one that you could still load.
So I like the flexibility as well.
I think three out of five Americans have
bad backs, so less bending seems to make sense.
I like it. So you can run these together or
separately to get a really great wash that you always have a place to put those
dirty dishes so you don't have to leave them on the counter.
Hi there and welcome to our Black Tie Affair Cafe Kitchen.
Now, I didn't love the Hawaiian resort theme kitchen, but this is cool.
Again, may not be able to pull it off,
but someone could and it would be pretty hot in the house.
And here in the cafe booth at KBIS.
So as you can see here,
this kitchen has a lot of beautiful colors and textures, a lot of beautiful prints.
So leaning really heavy into a maximumist vibe that gets its inspiration
from the evening wear collections at New York Fashion Week.
So our creative director, T.K. Wismer, has done an incredible job bringing this
vision to life, and I can't wait to share it with you guys.
So here you'll see our matte black appliances with our flat black handles.
So we know that flat back is so hot right now in the marketplace,
and you can see that everywhere from bathroom fixtures to kitchen fixtures.
And you'll see in this kitchen too that we
also have flat black hardware in our sink and also on our drawer pulls.
So let's stop there.
Flat black, just to know, because what's still lingering out there
in the background but really doesn't have a place was black stainless.
It was a fad.
Everyone said it was going to be the next great thing, and it really wasn't.
It scratched easily and it didn't show so well over time.
But flat black is a whole different animal.
And I think just like they've done here, if you see it in person, it's really nice.
It's not quite black, it's not quite stainless,
but it just definitely sets a mood and gives a more warmth vibe to the space.
So I think this has real legs,
particularly with the fit and finish on the handles.
They've done a really good job,
and I don't think they're alone in seeing a continued trend in this flat black.
We certainly see it in kitchen hardware.
So Jessica's nailing this one.
So a way to really pull that all together
for a really beautiful and cohesive kitchen.
So when I think about product,
I want to show you guys our 48 inch commercial style range.
So this is a beautiful range,
perfect for those home cooks that want to really make a big statement
in the kitchen with a pro feel, but also ways to really enhance their cooking.
So perfect for entertaining and also everyday use.
So you can see here we have our everyday oven on the left hand side.
It's going to pre heat a whole lot.
I don't know that she points us out, but I will say this, see those racks?
Really cool in there. They're self cleaning.
So that's the only rack in the industry
that when you generally self clean your oven, you have to take all the racks out.
In GE here, you don't have to.
You actually leave it in and it helps bake
all that dirt and grime that are on your racks off.
So it really makes cleaning easy.
Quicker and perfect for everyday cooking.
And then next to it, you'll see here our full sized caterer's oven.
So being able to fit a full catering tray, it makes entertaining, super.
Now, I will stop here.
One thing they could improve for sure, see this boiler that you see up here.
It's what's called an eight pass boiler, and it's definitely low.
Some of the higher end pro ranges,
even within their own line, will have it sunk up into the top.
It will be an infrared boiler.
But for everything else and for the overall
package and price, I think it's still good value.
But just to know that that's something to look for in a lot of the better ovens
would not have it exposed and hung down there.
Super easy.
On the stove tap, I want to point out just a couple of pieces here.
So you can see on the tap, we have our tri ring burner,
so you can use that as just a little in the middle to simmer.
You can bring it all the way out to power boil.
Now, we ripped past that feature she just
said, that dual stack burner where it's a smaller burner in the middle.
So when this is on high,
understand this flame coming from the middle small ring as well the outer ring.
Great for boiling, say,
if you've ever made spaghetti sauce, you need to bring it to a boil.
But then you have that big stock pot and now a lot of stoves, you have to
put it to the back burner or move that big, heavy pot somewhere.
You risk spilling it and just it's a lot of work.
But this one here,
you can go from your highest of highs to your lowest of lows,
and then the flame will just come out of that small center piece.
So really functional if you think about it.
As well, a lot of people aren't that tall.
And if you're trying to stir on a stock
pot, a lot of times you're up on your tiffy toes anyways.
And if you had to push that far to the back, it makes it that much more
impossible to see what's actually going on in the pot.
So really cool that it's up front.
Makes a lot of sense.
So a ton of flexibility here.
And then I also have to mention our spiral burner.
So while this was intentionally designed
for wok cooking where you need really concentrated heat at the base of that pan,
this spiral burner is a really efficient way to cook because those flames come up
from the middle of the burner instead of losing all of that heat out the sides.
Now, one other thing I will say,
lcd display, you can see them here, really small.
Functional and they work, but I
think you should consider how that's going to work for you in a kitchen.
If you're the type that's really up close to your cooking, great.
If you entertain a lot, those are really small and from a distance
could be really hard to see what's going on in there.
Not the end of the world, there's solutions,
wireless temperature probes, things like that, but just something to think about.
Maybe an improvement down the road, we'll send them a note.
So you can see here, in addition to the flat black handles,
this range also has those flat black knobs.
So a way to really pull together
an incredibly cohesive look that makes a big kitchen statement.
And that's it. I think Jessica, she did a great job.
And I think there's a lot to be excited about there.
Certainly, as you look at monogram that we
had another outtake on or reaction video to earlier in the week,
and then you look at this one here with Cafe,
I think it's easy to see they're really pushing the industry with some innovation.
And we had some opinions here and there,
but overall, really well done job by the folks over at GE and at Monogram.