What features do today’s homeowner want in their kitchen appliances?
Stainless steel is the popular way to go, said Jacob McCloud at Hodges & Bryant, Gloucester. “The majority of people want and buy stainless steel appliances,” he said. “As for refrigerators, French doors are by far the most popular.”
Stepping up to a level where cost doesn’t matter, customers who want units that allow for wood paneling will find them to be “incredibly expensive,” he said.
Countertop appliances come and go. This newspaper has had articles over the years on how to use a pressure cooker, an electric percolator, a microwave—whatever is new and unfamiliar.
Today, McCloud said, nothing so far has caused the quick-cooking air fryer to be unseated. “The air fryer is a bit of an anomaly to me because it’s just a miniaturized convection oven, but I’m assuming the turnaround to cook something and cooking in smaller batches is the real appeal.”
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