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"Every year, several of our editors attend something known in our world as &amp;quot;KBIS.&amp;quot; What is it? And why should you want to know all about it? Style Director Newell Turner and Senior Editor Samantha Emmerling are happy to fill you in. And make sure you check out the videos of all the great booths we visited while we were there!  What, actually, IS KBIS? Is it just a product show, or are there demonstrations and things like that?  The National Kitchen and Bath Industries Show is the full name. It&amp;#039;s a trade show for professionals: contractors, architects, builders, designers, and retailers. Fortunately, journalists get to attend too. It&amp;#039;s a rare opportunity to see and compare all of the major players in the kitchen and bath world. All the new products are on display\u2026and in classic trade show style, there are the manufacturers who have celebrity chefs and reality-show personalities hawking their goods. One company even pulled out all the stops with a Cirque du Soleil-style floor show! What were some of the coolest new things you saw at the show? How about a new oven that opens from the bottom? A mechanized &amp;quot;lift&amp;quot; lowers the contents to the top of the counter. Heat rises, so you won&amp;#039;t lose as much oven heat, not to mention the ease in putting things in or taking out scorching containers!  Induction cooking is a big trend. It&amp;#039;s been around for a long time, but it&amp;#039;s never really caught on in the residential market. Now, all the manufacturers are getting into the game. It heats food superfast with a magnetic reaction that takes place between the cooking utensil and elements beneath a sealed glass surface (easy to clean). The food cooks, but the top of the stove never gets hot. It&amp;#039;s also a very green choice in cooking appliances, because it&amp;#039;s really efficient. There are lots of new developments with just about any appliance you can name. We found that it&amp;#039;s all about the subtle improvements manufacturers are making and the big differences that these changes can make in the user&amp;#039;s experience. Intrigued? When will these products be available in stores?  Most things are going into the market right away, or within the next few months. If you could have any one thing from the show right now, what would it be? Samantha Emmerling: A new French-door refrigerator with sexy LED lighting inside.  Newell Turner: A two-person ceramic soaking tub fired in one of the ancient royal kilns in Kyoto, Japan. Do you get any good swag? Swag? We were happy (and relieved) to find a booth demonstrating a new foot massager. And, yes. We took advantage! We were working three huge convention halls in Las Vegas! What&amp;#039;s the best thing about attending the show? Seriously, it was a rare opportunity to actually touch knobs and open doors, talk directly with the manufacturers, and closely compare all the high-end appliances and products. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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