Smart Kitchen Appliances Spark Traditional Upgrades
Global and Domestic Market Size
• The global small home appliance market is expected to exceed US$52 billion in 2026, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 5%.
• Among them, small kitchen appliances such as smart rice cookers, electric kettles, and electric egg cookers are in strong demand, with the domestic market size exceeding 20 billion yuan.
Growth drivers
• Consumption upgrade: The younger generation pursues convenient, healthy and intelligent cooking experiences, and multi-functional and high-looking kitchen appliances are seizing the market.
• Intelligent interconnection: Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connection, mobile App remote control, and voice assistant adaptation have become standard features of new products.
• Energy saving and environmental protection: High voltage, frequency conversion, thermal insulation, power-off memory and other technologies help improve product energy efficiency levels.
• Exports are picking up: Overseas demand has picked up, and coupled with the "carbon neutrality" trend, green smart kitchen appliances have become more competitive.
future trends
• App+big data: User cooking data is collected in the cloud to accurately recommend cooking curves and recipes.
• Voice control: Supports voice assistants such as Xiaodu and Tmall Genie to achieve "contactless" cooking.
• High pressure + IH dual heating: While keeping the rice grains distinct, it can be used for multiple purposes such as soup making, steaming, and cake baking.
• Modular accessories: replaceable steam tray, thermal insulation liner, and egg cooking rack to meet differentiated needs.
• Food-grade stainless steel + nano-coating: anti-stick and wear-resistant, easier to clean.
• Lightweight aluminum alloy and engineering plastics: not only ensures strength, but also improves product portability and feel.
Product application scenarios
• "Lazy economy": Make porridge, make reservations for cooking, and turn on "alarm clock rice" with just one click.
• Healthy cooking: precise temperature control, low-pressure preservation, effectively retaining the nutrients of ingredients.
• Business travel and camping: Portable electric kettles and mini electric lunch boxes are helpful for business trips and outdoor dining.
Inspiration from industry leaders
Your company was founded in 1983 and the new factory was put into operation in 2015. Relying on a professional R&D team, plastic workshop and 5 production lines, it has more than 20 years of export experience and has the following advantages:
Quickly respond to the market: Complete OEM/ODM capabilities facilitate small batch trial production and rapid iteration of new products.
Balance between quality and cost: efficient hot melt/injection molding process and strict quality control to achieve high cost performance.
Deeply cultivated overseas channels: long-term service in Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other markets, familiar with local certification and logistics needs.
Industry opportunities and challenges
• Opportunities: Policies encourage the upgrading of home appliances, and the implementation of smart kitchen ecosystems is accelerating; consumer demand for health, safety, and intelligence continues to rise.
• Challenges: Product homogeneity is serious, R&D investment and patent protection have become core barriers; supply chain fluctuations and pressure from rising raw material prices need to be effectively resolved.
future outlook
Increase investment in intelligent R&D and combine AI and IoT to create differentiated products.
Deepen overseas certification and localization services to seize market segments such as new drinking water and rice noodles.
Optimize the production process, continue to improve the resilience of the supply chain, and ensure delivery and quality.
Facing the "smart kitchen" era, traditional rice cookers, electric kettles, egg cookers and other products are on the verge of upgrading. With solid R&D strength and production foundation, your company is expected to seize the opportunity in the competition of intelligence, multi-function and globalization, and win the rapid growth in the next decade.
