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Could an outdoor kitchen be the heart of your home?

You've heard from us before that outdoors is the new indoors in the kitchen world, and here's more proof.

The original DCS Liberty Collection from Fisher & Paykel offers three modules--a grill, a griddle with double side-burners, and a double side-burner with sink--to address all your outdoor cooking needs. The expanded refrigeration line lets you add a cooling-drawer unit, a traditional cold-storage unit, a beer tap, and an ice machine. Add corner units topped with solid surfaces and you'll have everything you could possibly need in an outdoor kitchen.

The grill module's sear setting lets you … Read more

Save space with your fridge

If you need to save space in your kitchen, so far there have been limited options for refrigerators. In fact, the options have been pretty much minifridges and having one of those just makes us all think of college days. But Fisher & Paykel now has the CoolDrawer on sale. The CoolDrawer is a sleek, space-saving refrigerator that can be built into an island. And, yes, it is a fridge in a drawer.

The 36-inch CoolDrawer does a little more than you might expect when you hear the words "fridge in a drawer," though. It offers a variety … Read more

A washer that mimics washing by hand

So you want the convenience of an automatic washer, but you also want to feel like you're doing your part for the planet. Fisher & Paykel's Intuitive Eco may be for you.

The machine's sensors monitor clothing movement and adjust the wash action and the water level to get your clothes cleaner with less water and energy. The bowl only fills with enough water to saturate clothes. That concentrated water and detergent solution is recirculated via a special pump system that lets the washer use only one-third of the hot water used in other models.

Throughout the … Read more

Double drawer dishwasher lets you determine the load

Function and form stack together in this double drawer dishwasher from Fisher & Paykel. The benefit of having two independently controlled wash drawers is easy to imagine. Pots and pans can be collected in one drawer for heavy duty wash needs. The other drawer can then be set to handle the lighter wash needs typical of tableware.

Further flexibility is enhanced by the ability to wash smaller loads instead of wasting water and energy necessary for an entire wash. There are nine wash programs available for each drawer, and each has an eco cycle option so as to minimize water … Read more

Best of both worlds: Gas-in-glass cooktop

Two years ago, my husband and I opted for the sleek look of an electric glass cooktop. Every since then, everyone asks me, "Don't you miss cooking on gas?" Well, yeah, a little, but I love the look of the smooth cooktop and the easy cleanup. Wouldn't you know it? Along comes a "gas-in-glass" cooktop from Fisher & Paykel that would let me cook my cake and eat it, too.

The Izona CookSurface cooktop is frameless black glass with three individual gas burners that retract flush into the glass surface when not in use. … Read more

From New Zealand, a hideaway stove

Stoves may not immediately come to mind when you think of cool gadgets, but that perception could change when you see the Izona CookSurface from New Zealand-based Fisher & Paykel. The colors alone make it look like something out of Tron. An LED indicator tells you how hot the burner is, according to Appliancist, and beside that there are dials to control the flame. But the coolest feature isn't digital at all: The pan supports retract. This means that, when not in use, the CookSurface looks entirely flat. The result is much more surface area to do stuff like … Read more