The best luxury appliances for kitchen lovers are those that fit your lifestyle. The key to matching your kitchen technology to your family’s lifestyle is to find a trusted resource where you can ask questions about how to achieve your kitchen goals. For some, this trusted person will be a friend or relative who recently outfitted a kitchen. For others, only the recommendations of award-winning architects or kitchen designers will make them feel confident in their choices. When it comes to selecting luxury appliances, however, there is another choice. Many homeowners report great results from visiting a Sub-Zero and Wolf Showroom. This is not an appliance store, where you may feel pressure to buy. Sub-Zero and Wolf, icons in the luxury appliance industry for 80 years, have non-selling luxury appliance showrooms where you can go and learn about the appliances without any pressure to purchase anything. These resource centers (there are 30 across the U.S.) provide a place to learn about a wide array of appliances and have all your questions answered.
Clarke is New England’s official Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove showroom. This family-owned company offers three showroom locations: Boston Seaport or Milford, Massachusetts (easily accessible from many parts of New England via Route 495 and the Mass Pike) as well as South Norwalk, Connecticut, right in the middle of Fairfield County. Sean Clarke, president of the award-winning showrooms, shared that customer surveys have revealed that showroom visitors share that one hour with a Clarke showroom consultant is more valuable than months of research.
Top Reasons for Visiting Clarke’s Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove Showrooms
- By far the most valued part of visiting a Clarke showroom is the expertise of the showroom consultants. Their luxury appliance training is unparalleled in the industry.
- Architects and designers rely on Clarke for appliance knowledge and recommendations when they are designing high-end kitchens.
- Homeowners rave about how inspiring the showrooms are – each location showcases these luxury appliances in full-scale designer kitchens that allow you to understand how they will look in your kitchen. If you’re looking for a designer, architect or cabinetmaker, Clarke will share a list of design resources in your area.
- Clarke has chefs on staff, and they will demonstrate an appliance, let you taste the results and offer cooking lessons and maintenance tips (at no charge) after you purchase Sub-Zero or Wolf appliances.
- There is zero pressure to buy. Clarke showroom consultants are on never on commission; they don’t sell anything. If you would like to purchase any of the appliances you experience at Clarke, your consultant will refer you to a trusted retail dealer in your area and inform that dealer of exactly what you saw at Clarke so they can accurately quote price and delivery timetables.
Here are Some of the Best Luxury Appliances for Kitchens
Many Clarke visitors report that they didn’t know much about many luxury appliances before discovering the Clarke Showroom. Here are a few examples…
Custom Refrigeration
Sub-Zero offers the widest selection of refrigeration solutions—various widths, innovative configurations, and limitless exterior customization with stainless or custom cabinet panels and hardware. A big favorite is Sub-Zero’s refrigerator and freezer drawers, which allow you to place refrigeration in an island, a pantry, mudroom or master suite. Through their Classic, Designer and Pro Series refrigeration, you can find a size and design that will fit your specific needs.
At Clarke, you’ll also learn about wine storage, which can be designed alongside your refrigerator or stand on its own. The beauty of Sub-Zero wine refrigeration is that it can be configured to fit your space and lifestyle. You can store from 46 to 147 bottles for short- and long-term preservation. You may select from models designed for installation undercounter, in a sleek column or perhaps you’d prefer the over-and-under models with refrigerator drawers beneath the wine. You’ll find wine storage options in four widths: 15”, 18”, 24”, and 30”. These options allow you to place wine refrigeration almost anywhere in your home.
Induction Cooking
For those familiar with gas or electric cooking, induction technology seems almost magical, yet it’s actually quite simple. With induction cooking, you’re connecting an iron pot or pan with a magnetic field on your cooking surface. The pan heats up and cooks the food while the cooking surface stays cool to the touch. For this reason, induction cooking is far more energy efficient than any other form of cooking because there is no heat loss like you find with gas or electric ranges or cooktops. It also offers a great benefit for families with small children, as there is no open flame or heated surface to burn little hands. For those concerned about safety for aging homeowners, the cooktop surface turns off when the pot is removed, so there’s no danger of a burner being left on. At a Clarke Showroom, you can test drive a Wolf Induction Cooktop or Wolf Induction Range and see the difference for yourself.
Wolf’s Convection Steam Oven
The ultimate luxury appliance for your kitchen is the Wolf Convection Steam Oven (CSO). More Clarke Showroom visitors talk about the CSO than any other. It’s often called the “game changer” in designing a kitchen when homeowners see it in action. It’s the luxury appliance that makes showroom visitors switch from a traditional double oven to a single Wolf Convection Wall Oven combined with a Wolf Convection Steam Oven. The Wolf Convection Steam Oven is three ovens in one. It can be used as a traditional convection oven, in which you can roast and brown meats and vegetables or bake desserts. It can also be used exclusively as a steam oven to steam vegetables, make rice, eggs and a myriad of other foods. Plus, it can be used as a combination steam/convection oven for the many times your food will be enhanced by the introduction of steam: think about the difference between a “baked chicken” done in a traditional oven and a delicious, moist roasted chicken prepared in the Wolf Convection Steam Oven. This most basic dish will come out mouth-watering every time with the addition of steam during preparation.
And if that’s not enough, the CSO offers “Gourmet Mode,” and that’s where even more magic happens. You select the dish, and the Wolf Gourmet mode does the rest. On the electronic display on the face of the oven, you select from fourteen categories of food you are putting in the oven – anything from a soufflé to a freshly made pizza to a few sweet potato wedges – and you’ll have perfect results.
Once you make your food choice, the climate sensor detects the volume, shape and consistency and adjusts the time, temperature and humidity for guesswork-free, delicious results. The Gourmet Mode is perfect for nearly any food. Use the “Frozen Appetizers” option and you’ll enjoy frozen egg rolls, perfectly crisp, just as though they came from the deep fryer. Want to make your potatoes in the oven, while your steaks are on the grill? No problem just choose “Baked Potatoes” on the display, season your potatoes with oil, salt and pepper, pop them into the Wolf Convection Steam Oven and you’re done. They’ll be perfect.
You’ll Learn Everything About the Best Luxury Appliances at Clarke
There are hundreds of other options, including warming drawers, built-in coffee systems, gas, electric and induction ranges and more. To learn about the best luxury appliances for your lifestyle, simply schedule a pressure-free, inspiring appointment at Clarke. In one hour, you’ll learn so much and you are welcome to return as many times as you would like while designing your kitchen. Even once you are happily using your new appliances, Clarke’s chefs will always be only a phone call or email away when you have questions about your new Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances.