These are the best major appliances of 2024

The Bosch 800 Series dishwasher delivers high-tech cleaning performance and unparalleled customization, making it the best dishwasher we've tested.

From the PowerControl spray arm to Bosch’s proprietary CrystalDry technology, this dishwasher will clean and dry your dishes better than most dishwashers on the market—and it will do it all in near silence.

Plus, this dishwasher is smart. Connecting to the Home Connect app enables even more powerful features, including remote start and cycle customizations. You can even target specific areas for deeper cleaning, meaning there’s no wrong way to load this dishwasher.

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It’s not often that a refrigerator makes us stop and stare, but when we opened the Café CAE28DM5TS5 4-door French-door Refrigerator we couldn’t help it—the interior design is beautiful and welcoming with a copper-accented gray interior and mosaic LED-lit back wall.

More importantly than the impressive aesthetics, we were blown away by its near-perfect temperature performance and flexible storage quadrant that can function as a fridge or freezer. Its crispers excel at maintaining appropriate humidity levels, the auto-fill water pitcher adds convenience, and it even has a built-in wine rack. All these features add up to make this premium fridge a standout in its category.

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We rejoice when style and substance come together to create an appliance that makes our everyday lives easier and more beautiful. In our testing, this new smart induction range from Samsung delivered lightning-speed water boiling, even baking results, excellent heat retention, and a top-notch touchscreen control panel that’s intuitive and fun to use.

The Samsung Bespoke Induction Range has a camera inside to monitor what’s cooking without opening the door. You can view it on the full-color, 7-inch control panel or through the Samsung SmartThings app. The control panel is also your access to the stovetop and oven controls, suggested recipes, local weather, and can even connect to other smart devices to answer phone calls and monitor your Ring doorbell.

With all these impressive features, we’re happy to note that this range has a reasonable price tag, especially compared to other smart induction ranges on the market.

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When you need a scaled-down version of a large appliance, you don’t want to scale down quality as well. The 4.3-cubic-foot capacity Smeg 50’s Retro Design mini-fridge is a standout for both its high-quality performance and unique aesthetics. In addition to fridge space, it also features a small freezer compartment and offers about 40% more total storage capacity than most mini-fridges.

In our recent testing, temperatures in both the fridge and freezer compartments were steady over time, meaning this model will excel at keeping food at safe temperatures and beverages perfectly chilled.

At a price point that’s higher than some full-sized refrigerators, this mini-fridge is certainly an investment, but one that performs well and looks great.

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For shoppers who want a top-load machine without sacrificing the new-school conveniences, the GE Profile PTW900BPTRS is the perfect blend. Alexa integration, an autodispenser that covers as many as 32 washes and smart sensors make it unparalleled for hands-off cleaning that delivers.

For users who want granular control, there’s also five water temperature settings, three rinse levels and eight cycles that can be manually selected. Pair it all with outstanding cleaning performance on both normal and delicate settings and a generous 5.4-cubic-foot capacity and you’ve got a powerful washing machine sold at a great price.

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When it comes to all-around cleaning excellence, the Electrolux ELFW7637AT is the best. It excels at removing stains (especially sweat and protein), thanks to a SmartBoost feature that pre-mixes water and detergent for maximum cleaning power as well as an internal water heater that boosts the water temperature well above the 120°F most home heaters are set to. (We recorded temps above 160 in our testing, making the Sanitize cycle hot enough to kill E. coli.)

If you’re a detergent pod user, the Electrolux ELFW7637AT is specifically designed to make the most of them.

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The Electrolux ELFE7637AT is a feature-packed powerhouse dryer that aces every test we put it through—it’s also the companion dryer to our Best of Year front-load washer (see above).

This energy-efficient dryer completed a test laundry load during its standard 90 minute cycle while using lower heat than other brands to be gentler on clothes while drying. Predictive drying helps the machine make better cycle time estimates further reduce wear and tear, and a steam cycle smart enough to let you bid your iron goodbye.

It also has a best-in-class control panel that makes accessing all of the machine’s powerful options a snap.

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Get the best of both words with the GE PFQ97HSPVDS, the best combination washer-dryer we’ve tested. A Microban-coated drum keeps odor and mold away, and the heat pump technology that dries the clothes in the same drum makes it incredibly energy efficient.

Even better? Our tests show the GE PFQ97HSPVDS’s wash cycle remove stains better than most dedicated washing machines on the market.

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The Samsung Bespoke WH46DBH500EVA3 is a laundry center for consumers who want top-of-the-line washing performance with the space-saving footprint of a stacked combo. In our testing, the WH46DBH500EVA3 was outstanding at removing stains, especially when using the AI OptiWash cycle that automatically adjusts the wash to account for soil level and fabric type. A dual-tank automatic detergent dispenser means you can switch between different types of detergent with ease, and the useful app features make getting your clothes clean a breeze. All in all, this is a machine that makes wash day as effortless as it gets.

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After more than 10 years of reviewing large appliances, we have experience with all of the major appliance manufacturers. Year after year, one brand stands out as a leader across multiple appliance categories. With our current top-performing dishwasher, our favorite 3-door French-door fridge, and the best 36-inch induction range, Bosch is a trusted brand for outfitting a kitchen with high-performance appliances.

Bosch consistently lands in the top five spots across many of our large appliance rankings. We also appreciate that Bosch frequently offers warranty programs that extend beyond the 1-year industry standard.

This year, Whirlpool Brands announced its innovative new SlimTech technology, a unique way of insulating refrigerators, which replaces the industry standard polyurethane foam with Whirlpool’s proprietary vacuum insulated structure (VIS) technology, a first for the North American market.

This innovation means up to 66% thinner fridge walls, leading to significantly more room to store food inside, and also allows the refrigerator to operate up to 50% more efficiently, running its compressor less often, all while reducing temperature swings that can happen when opening the door during normal use.

And, with a nod to Mother Earth, the SlimTech insulation is much easier to recycle and reuse than the polyurethane foam currently used to insulate refrigerators. While JennAir fridges will show off SlimTech first, consumers can expect to see it across JennAir and select KitchenAid fridges soon.

The impact of this refrigerator innovation on energy savings and recyclable materials represents a big step forward in appliance sustainability.