CES 2026 focused on making smart homes smarter with AI-integrated and conscious appliances, making technology more responsive and interactive. This year, there was no shortage of intelligent kitchen appliances at the biggest tech event. From refrigerators and coffee makers to ovens, these appliances can streamline daily kitchen tasks, track food inventory, and make healthy dietary choices. Here are a few appliances that wowed us so far, and we deemed them the best kitchen appliances at CES 2026.
Soft Plastic Compactor by Clear Drop
It is easy to sort and simplify plastic wrappers and other soft plastics with the Soft Plastic Compactor by Clear Drop. The appliance accepts a wide variety of materials, including shopping bags, bubble wrap, food wrappers, stretch wrap, zip-lock bags, and shipping packaging with ease. Once the loose plastics are in, the compactor compresses them to 1/10th of their original volume, turning them into thick, uniform blocks, ready to be recycled by Clear Drop’s verified recycling partners in the U.S.
Neoma AI Countertop Oven by Brisk It
Neoma AI countertop oven is a powerful kitchen appliance, designed to simplify home cooking needs. It delivers automatic recipes, grocery lists, and real-time cooking alterations via an app and camera. It creates budget-friendly recipes, tailored to your diet and lifestyle. The oven temperature ranges from 90 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit, letting you bake, roast, air fry, and more, with cooking timings ranging from one minute to 12 hours. This oven comes with accessories, including an air fry basket, a baking pan, an oven rack, and a crumb tray.
800 Series VeroCafe Coffee Machine by Bosch
Powered by Amazon Alexa Plus, the 800 Series VeroCafe coffee maker brings barista-style abilities to your countertop coffee maker. The integration of an Alexa voice assistant and an Echo smart speaker permits voice commands to engage in a real-time conversation with your coffee maker. You have to ask your coffee machine, and it will make you your favorite drink from its wide-ranging library. This machine is fully automatic and works with Bosch’s Home Connect apps.
wan AIChef Ultra by wan AIChef
This chef and diet coach employs AI to transform complex cooking into a seamless process through algorithms and nutrition science. It looks like a microwave and functions as a chef and diet coach. The AIChef Ultra has a 12 megapixel camera and an AI smart recognition system to identify your ingredients and suggest the finest cooking methods. The device has multi-zone temperature control to bring restaurant-level culinary perfection and consistency to your cooking. It boasts a 35-liter capacity and assists in boiling, steaming, stir-frying, stewing, braising, pan-searing, and grilling.
Smart Nugget Ice Maker Pro by GoveeLife
The Smart Nugget Ice Maker Pro produces crunchy nugget ice at home. It is powered by a 96W high-efficiency compressor, a DC motor, an enlarged condenser, and a fan to make ice in under six minutes. Delivering up to 60 pounds of ice per day, the ice maker features a stainless steel evaporator that helps create ice from denser to thicker chewable ice. The ice maker is outfitted with dual tanks, with a 2.2-liter built-in tank and a 4.9-liter detachable tank. The ice maker also features a 4.45-inch LCD touchscreen and a clear skyline LED bar for an intuitive status indicator. The appliance operates on low noise levels, all thanks to AI NoiseGuard.
Cold Coffee Maker by AstroBrew
The cold coffee maker offers a café-like coffee from the comfort of your home. It brews coffee without a pod, compressors, or harmful ingredients, anytime, anywhere. The coffee maker allows you to store up to 34 ounces of cold brew in the appliance and keep it ice cold and fresh for a month. This coffee maker has a portable design and features Snowdrop cooling technology. The appliance immediately transfers heat out of the coffee using thermoelectric semiconductors. Press the button and enjoy an ice-cold coffee at home without using ice.
Samsung Bespoke AI Family Hub refrigerator
The Bespoke AI Family Hub refrigerator has now been upgraded with AI vision and voice control, which assist in managing food storage and minimizing food waste. Powered by Google Gemini-driven AI, the refrigerators offer better food recognition and a handleless design that opens and closes the door through voice command. The refrigerator is further enhanced by on-device AI, able to identify individual family members by voice and display customized information like calendars, health metrics, and playlists. The refrigerator also has an AI Hybrid Cooling feature, ensuring optimal freshness and energy efficiency, and a built-in Xenon sterilization system to maintain hygiene.
GE Profile Smart 4-Door French-Door Refrigerator
With the built-in AI feature, this GE Profile 27.9 Cu. Ft. Smart 4-Door French-Door refrigerator tracks inventory and suggests recipes to simplify the process of meal planning and grocery shopping, minimizing food waste. The fridge has an 8-inch touchscreen, serving as a kitchen command center. This touchscreen customizes screen backgrounds, sets weather updates, and more, and tracks millions of products, thanks to a built-in Scan-to-List barcode scanner. The fridge water dispenser comes with built-in sensors, which dispense a specific amount of water for you and stop automatically once you have your exact amount of water.
Seattle Ultrasonics C-200 UltraSonic Chef’s Knife
This premium-grade chef knife vibrates to ensure consistent chopping. It features an orange button on the handle that, when pressed, causes the steel blade to vibrate around 30,000 times per second. This powerful vibration allows you to wedge through vegetables and other food items more effortlessly than your regular knife. Crafted from Japanese AUS-10 steel hardened to 60 HRC, keeping it as effective when turned off as it is when turned on. Powered by a removable 1,100mAh lithium-ion battery charged by a USB-C, the knife comes certified with an IP65 water-resistance rating. This C-200 Ultrasonic Chef’s Knife weighs around 328 grams and is lighter than expected.
