The competition for the annual public award "KitchenInnovation of the Year^®" covers the following product categories:

__ Kitchen furniture and equipment
__ Large electrical appliances
__ Small electrical appliances
__ Cooking and kitchen utensils
__ Kitchen accessories

Criteria:
A consumer-friendly product is one which doesn’t just excel in one area, but offers above-average performances across the board. To ensure a thorough, all-round assessment, the following criteria are taken into account.It is evaluated according to the following criteria:

__ Functionality/user-convenience
__ Product benefit
__ Innovation
__ Design
__ Ecology/sustainability
__ Other
    (further criteria can be considered if necessary according to
    product performance.)