While toasting bread is among the simplest of kitchen tasks, getting consistent results and even browning time after time can be frustratingly elusive. In addition to smart features that help ensure even toasting, the new all metal KitchenAid toaster collection offers innovations that include a toasting countdown bar, button controlled motorized lifts and LCD digital displays.

Available this fall, the collection, featuring unique soft touch grips and durable levers, will include the KitchenAid line and Pro Line with functions, features and style options to suit a range of individual preferences…

Samsung, a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics and home appliances, today announced new additions to its growing refrigerator line, including the industry’s first dual ice maker refrigerator that allows consumers to enjoy more than one and a half times the ice production of their current models. Additional new offerings for Spring 2009 include new counter-depth models.

"Samsung is dedicated to creating solutions that enable efficiency in the home, and we've designed our new refrigerators to directly address this need of our consumers,” said James Politeski, vice president of Home Appliance sales and marketing at Samsung Electronics America…

KitchenAid is introducing a new generation of premium coffee makers designed to please even the most discriminating coffee drinkers. Debuting at the 2010 International Home + Housewares Show, the new collection was designed to make it easier to brew the perfect cup of coffee with features that include removable water tanks, variable brew strength settings and a flat brew basket to maximize flavor extraction from the coffee grinds…

Innovation and convenience are the driving forces behind Hamilton Beach’s latest introduction: a coffeemaker that responds to voice. With today’s technology, consumers can talk to their cars, their computers, GPS devices, toys and justabout anything. Now, thanks to the Hamilton Beach, there’seven a coffeemaker on the list! It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3. Pressthe button, listen and verbally respond to pre-programmed questions. Options include setting the time of day or justtelling it when you want that “wake up” pot of hot coffee…

As they have for 95 years since the brand's iconic stand mixer was introduced, the engineers at KitchenAid have been busy coming up with new ways for cooks to harness the power of this versatile kitchen workhorse. The latest results of their efforts, introduced here this week at the International Home + Housewares Show, include food processor and juicer attachments that closely mimic the capabilities of free standing countertop appliances, while taking up a fraction of the countertop and storage space…

Luxury appliance maker Jenn-Air has expanded its collection of cooktops to include new 36-inch and 30-inch 5-burner models making their debut at this week's Architectural Digest Home Design Show. Together with a recently introduced 6-burner model, these newest cooktops are designed for those who care equally about aesthetics and performance, according to Juliet Johnson, brand experience manager for Jenn-Air.

The low, near-flush profile of both models create a sleek, built-in appearance that transitions from cooktop to countertop with an exceedingly low profile of only 3 millimeters – less than the thickness of two pennies…

BlueStar introduces the Platinum Series, the newest generation of professional gas ranges designed to transform the art of home cooking. Brand new features include two searing PrimaNova 25,000 BTU burners for maximum, concentrated heat; an interchangeable cast-iron griddle/charbroiler that offers the ultimate in cooking flexibility; and the revolutionary PowR Oven technology to ensure faster, more efficient heating.

"This is a truly amazing cooking machine; a technological leap forward in high-performance cooking equipment for the home," says Michael Trapp, president, BlueStar…

Panasonic is helping home cooks discover the power of microwave cooking with a collection of 15 quick, healthy and gourmet recipes created by the Certified Master Chefs at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) specifically for Panasonic Inverter microwaves. Step-by-step instructions for the 15 CIA microwave recipes, all of which include nutritional information; plus three instructional cooking videos, are now available in the Panasonic “Virtual Test Kitchen” at www.panasonic.com/inverter…

KitchenAid, the brand that changed American kitchens forever with the introduction of its iconic stand mixer in 1919, its first home dishwasher in 1949 and first countertop appliances in color in 1955, is marking its 90th anniversary with a special edition stand mixer in Candy Apple Red. As a tribute to earlier models, the new 5-quart Artisan® Series stand mixer will include a clear glass bowl in place of the stainless steel bowl currently provided, along with a 90th anniversary insignia on the mixer’s trim band…

Panasonic today announced the expansion of its acclaimed line of microwaves to include two over-the-range models and one countertop model. These microwaves, along with many other Panasonic Home Appliance products, will be demonstrated at Panasonic’s booth #L12502 at the 2009 International Home + Housewares Show being held in Chicago, Illinois, from March 22-24th, 2009.

The NN-SD297SR and the NN-SD277SR represent the flagship stainless steel models in the newly-reintroduced over-the-range line of Genius Prestige Inverter® microwave ovens…