The Newly Expanded GE Café Series of Appliances Brings Home Restaurant-Inspired Style and Substance with Two New Refrigerators and an Electric Range
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — We’ve become a nation of “foodies,” whether entertaining at home or dining out, we enjoy more than just food. Regardless of our location -- in a kitchen, café, or bistro -- we often consider our time to dine as a time to relish in the company of people we care about most.
By expanding the restaurant-inspired GE Café series of appliances with two new refrigerators, GE has made it easier than ever to enjoy this ambience at home. The suite of stainless steel-wrapped models is ideal for people who love to cook and entertain and who desire high-performance appliances that are easy to install and practically priced.
New ways to bring the café home
The newest additions to the GE Café series include enhanced technology in two handsome, counter-depth refrigerators, and a new electric range.
The counter-depth styling allows the appliances to blend seamlessly with the surrounding cabinetry, achieving a built-in look without the added expense of a built-in model.
The new counter-depth 25-cubic-foot side-by-side refrigerator is available with ClimateKeeper2™ technology, featuring a dual-evaporator system to create two zones of air circulation that help foods stay fresh. Because air is no longer circulated between the fresh-food and freezer compartments, the freezer’s cold, dry air won’t prematurely dry out foods, and odors won’t transfer between the compartments. Available in April 2008, the suggested retail price for this refrigerator is $3,249*.
For home chefs who prefer the convenience of keeping produce and meats at eye level, GE will launch the 21-cubic-foot GE Café counter-depth bottom freezer with stylish French doors. Now available with an internal water dispenser, this refrigerator puts everything that cooks need most right at their fingertips. With a suggested retail price of $2,899*, this refrigerator will be introduced in April 2008.
Offered as a free-standing, slide-in range, the new GE Café Electric Range offers consumers without a gas line the ability to have a restaurant-inspired range. The range includes a fifth center burner and cast-iron griddle on the cooktop, a PreciseAir™ convection oven, and a double-oven configuration with a drawer that heats up to 450 degrees for added cooking flexibility. An optional stainless steel backsplash is available (model JXS80SS). The GE Café electric free-standing range (model CS980SNSS) will be available November 2008 with an estimated retail price of $2799*.
The GE Café kitchen offers a wide range of models with performance features home chefs expect:
GE Café Gas and Dual-Fuel Range
Available as a free-standing slide-in configuration with an optional backguard, this model offers consumers a choice of a gas range, or a dual-fuel range with the instant response of gas on the cooktop and the performance and control of an electric oven.
- One 18,000 BTU dual-stacked burner
- One 17,000 BTU burner
- Center oval burner with non-stick griddle
- Double-oven configuration with a lower oven that heats to 450°F for added cooking capacity
- Dual-fuel model (C2S980SEMSS) available for an estimated retail price of $2,599*
- Gas model (CGS980SEMSS) available at an estimated retail price of $2,499*
GE Café Dishwasher
- Stainless steel interior
- SmartDispense™ technology - holds an entire 47-fluid-ounce bottle of liquid or gel dishwasher detergent and dispenses just the right amount based on water hardness, cycle selection and soil level
- 16-place-setting capacity
- Remarkably quiet
- Dishwasher (CDW9380NSS) available for an estimated retail price of $1,199*
GE Café Refrigerators
- Stainless steel side panels for a sleek appearance regardless of placement in kitchen
- ClimateKeeper™2 system in 25 cubic-foot side-by-side counter-depth model to help food stay fresh longer (estimated retail price $3,249*)
- Internal water dispenser inside counter-depth, 21- cubic-foot French-door bottom-freezer for added convenience (estimated retail price $2,899*)
- ExpressChill™ drawer in side-by-side model to cool drinks in minutes, not hours
- Interior GE Reveal® lighting
- Side-by-side models available in counter-depth or standard-depth
- Standard-depth refrigerator (CSS25USWSS) available at an estimated retail price of $2,299*
GE Café Over-the-Range Microwave
- Dual-distribution cooking system combines 1100 watts of cooking power, a rotating turntable and a top and second side stirrer for exceptionally even heating and defrosting of food
- 2.0 cubic feet of capacity
- Two removable oven racks
- Four-speed, 315-CFM venting system
- Blue LCD touch controls
- Microwave (CVM2072SMSS) available for an estimated retail price of $649*
GE Café Vent Hood
- Powerful 600-CFM performance removes smoke and vapors from the cooking area
- Four-speed fan control
- Dual-halogen cooktop light for illumination of cooking
- Hood (CV936MSS) available at an estimated retail price of $849*
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Thanks to the new GE Café Electric Range, even consumers without a gas line can enjoy a restaurant-inspired range in their kitchens.
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Thanks to the new GE Café Electric Range, even consumers without a gas line can enjoy a restaurant-inspired range in their kitchens.
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Designed with hidden controls and halogen lights, the GE Café vent hood keeps kitchens free of smoke, odors and fumes.
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