Category
Kitchen Appliances
Three things decide whether a kitchen appliance is worth buying: how it holds up after a year, whether the coating survives daily washing, and whether you can get it serviced in your city. Wattage and preset counts matter far less than the brochure suggests.
What we cover
How to choose a kitchen appliance in India
The small-appliance aisle is built to sell on features - preset counts, digital panels, “90% less oil” claims. Most of that is noise. What separates a machine you still use in year three from one gathering dust is duller: build quality where heat and moisture meet, a non-stick or ceramic coating that survives a thousand washes, and a service network that picks up the phone when something fails.
We weight those over headline specs. A 2000W air fryer that can’t be serviced outside the metros is worse advice than a 1500W one that can. A “12-litre” oven whose usable space is half that figure isn’t bigger, it’s just badly described.
What we ignore
Preset counts, “smart” app gimmicks, and MRP-versus-discount theatre. We judge on the street price, the coating, and the service reality - not the box.