10 kitchen stove features and design trends for 2025

Smart cooking appliances can elevate your experience, giving you more control and creativity whenever inspiration hits. As with most emerging technologies, smart kitchens are likely to grow in popularity as more people discover how they can unlock their full culinary potential.

Some smart slide-in ranges from Whirlpool brand, such as this one, allow you to use your smartphone to get dinner started by remotely preheating the oven. Or, when your hands are full, you can use your compatible voice-enabled device to check the oven timer with a voice command.

Today’s household appliances are becoming increasingly intuitive, designed to help streamline everyday tasks and help personalize the user experience. The Touchscreen found on some Whirlpool^® Ranges gives instant access to the settings you use most with a touchscreen that learns, adapts and suggests customized presets based on your family’s routines.

An increasing number of stoves and ranges are now offering features to help you get dinner on the table faster than ever. Take preheating off your plate with No Preheat Mode, found on select Whirlpool^® Electric Ranges like this one. Simply place your food in the oven and start baking. The oven will adjust the cook time for frozen pizzas and more.

Air fryers continue to appear in kitchens everywhere—growing in popularity for their convenience and delicious, crispy results. And many ranges also now have this option as well. The Air Cooking Technology found in Whirlpool^® Ranges, such as this one, brings variety to mealtime with the dynamic air flow and intense heat of Air Fry and Air Baking.

In many households, everyone has their own tastes and cravings—what sounds good to one person might not appeal to another. For those who like extra flexibility at mealtime, an additional cooking surface can open up more possibilities—and room. Ranges, like this one from Whirlpool^® brand, allow you to maximize your cooking space for a variety of mealtime options with the 12,000 BTU Griddle Zone. One long, oval-shaped burner makes it easy to cook up all that delights, all at once.

Convection ovens can help streamline meal prep by circulating hot air around the oven cavity, so you can get dinner on the table and spend more time enjoying it rather than making it. Convection features are ideal for multi-rack cooking, which can be helpful for large families or households that like to cook multiple dishes at once.

The Convection Conversion setting offered on select Whirlpool^® Ranges will do the math for you when you need to convert traditional recipes for convection cooking, automatically adjusting cooking times and temperatures. Some Whirlpool^® Ranges also feature True Convection with a Third Heating Element, which helps cook foods faster¹ by using a third element plus a fan to distribute hot air evenly over, under and around food.

As most chefs would agree, it’s the cooking not the cleanup that makes being in the kitchen so fun. Fortunately, some of today’s Whirlpool^® Ranges come with the WipeClean^™ Coating. This coating lets you skip scraping and intense scrubbing of baked-on foods. Simply wet with water, wait and wipe away. Some models also offer Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel that’s easy to clean and resists fingerprints and smudges.

Many ranges come in black, white, light and dark gray stainless steel finishes. If you’re introducing color through cabinets or walls, this clean, polished finish pairs effortlessly with any color scheme and all types of wood tones.

Eco-conscious principles now play a big role in shaping kitchen design and decorating trends. ENERGY STAR® certified cooking appliances, this range from Whirlpool brand, are about 18% more efficient than non-certified products.

Slide-in ranges are sometimes credited for their streamlined, built-in appearance and front-facing controls, which can offer both style and convenience—particularly in kitchens with islands or decorative backsplashes. Available in gas, electric and dual-fuel options, they’re designed to fit snugly between cabinets for a streamlined finish.

Some slide-in models from Whirlpool brand, like the 30-inch Smart Slide in Electric Range, come with features that help make both your kitchen and mealtimes a more seamless experience, like an Edge-to-Edge Glass Cooktop that allows you to move pots and pans easily from your counter to the cooking surface. Other models, like the Whirlpool^® 30-inch Smart Slide In Gas Range, come with EZ-2-Lift^™ Hinged Cast-Iron Grates, which let you wipe up underneath without removing them.