Wow, I could fit... absolutely nothing from Sam's Club in that kitchen. Nothing at all. I looked at the manufacturer's website, and pricing is unavailable unless you request a quote. I'll bet that kitchen costs quite a bit of money.

Cute, clever, and highly practical for single, rich people who live in tiny expensive apartments in the city.

and to add to Adrienne's last sentence...

"and don't actually cook"

None of my kitchen gadgets would fit :( Steph- I actually thought something bad happened and your kitchen project was on hold, so I was relieved when I opened this and saw...that.

I see some version of this having motor home applications!

Better yet!

Just for Adrienne2011, they sell a pantry to attach to it. We'll call it the Sam's Club Pantry to honor her. Maybe one wing can be Sam's and the other Costco.

brianadarnell - Oi, I hope nothing happens to put our kitchen on hold because this ball is rolling. Now that the BS window is in, my kitchen feels 'in progress' already! The lower part of the window is covered up by my thick 5" counter 'backsplash' and dry wall is gone. I'm prepared to live with it for a while, but this train is going to need to leave the station at some point here. Hopefully delayed only by my indecision and love of options. lol

remodelfla - yes, you might even be able to put it in the bed of a truck. ;)

johnliu - LOL! Even better, magic food! Now, if they can shrink your version so it becomes the size of a microwave and you just push a button indicating what meal you want, we are officially in the Jettsons' era.

Amazingly, the circle kitchen and vending machine aren't your only options (see link), so I guess we are back to having to make design choices after all. Oh well, it was worth a shot!

Here is a link that might be useful: 10 Compact Kitchens For VERY Small Spaces

I always think these things are cool from a design standpoint, but I think you could do a better down and dirty kitchen with a reasonable apartment refrigerator, a full sized sink, and Three shelves, one with a toaster oven, one with a microwave, and one with a cooktop.

The way the high design ones fall down imo, is the lack of fridge/freezer space for prepared foods, and a decent sized sink to clean up since there is usually no DW. You almost wouldnt need a sink if you had a DW though.

Not to hijack, but this would be cheaper, more practical and still pretty stylish.

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Not a hijack! Or, if it is,this thread is made for hijacking.

Not being able to contribute much on the serious end, I thought I'd at least provide some levity and put a whole new spin on the concept of a package kitchen.

Your additions are positively inspired, palimpsest. Beyond innovative to have a dishwasher integrated into a range. I wonder if they can operate at the same time. If so, that is one multi-tasking machine.

One of the versions of the Frigidaire Flair was a cooktop over a DW with an eyelevel oven. Like the range on Bewitched but with a DW instead of two ovens.

This one is British or European and is by an appliance company called ...Candy.

It was the Modern Maid Cook-n-Clean Center

Here are the only pics I could find, one schematic and one from right here on Gardenweb.

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I've always thought the circle kitchen would be great for an urban loft, or something. The real kind where it's more about the arc welder or the fume extractor for the turps, and no real cooking is happen. Great for snacks, and cool, right? But this isn't for small spaces. It's actually for big spaces that require little of kitchens. I also think this isn't even for daily use because the cabling necessary for the 180 degree spin is going to fail at some point from constant pushing and pulling.

Most of the designs on that blog, however, look like student projects rather than like anything meant for use.

A better big space hide-a-kitchen design project that really is for sale is the Bulthaup B2.

It's really inefficient, as shown, and stuff will fall the surface. There's practically nil counter space, and one's crockery and groceries must fit the storage space, because it is so customized, but it's a real kitchen where you could cook real food. When we had a thread about it before, there were people who chimed in about how they loved it, and we finally figured out that they loved how they'd use the pieces in their own concepts (e.g., one included a big farm table), rather than as shown. :) I.e., the total concept may wander too far into engineer-guy-design, but the pieces are cool and can be used. :)

This is the only one that seems practical to me.

Not "practical" in that you could use it to work your way through Julia Child, but rather, I know of a lot of urban, pied-a-terre spaces where this is all that's required, and would fit right in. Though it would probably be cheaper to assemble it from components.

I'm holding out for the replicator from Star Trek! Or one of the AutoChefs from J. D. Robb's great "Death" murder mystery series (set in 2056).

Oh yah, I owned one of those back in 1970's, the Barbie Kitchen Carousel!

Here is a link that might be useful: Barbie rocks

I remember, we even talked about the auto chef thing once.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Auto Chef Concept Is Mentioned Here

Honestly it reminds me a bit of an old turn-of-the-last-century Hoosier cabinet we just inheirited from my DH's mother. DH's mom bought it herself at an auction, she is not that old. They are downsizing and offered it to us. It was originally advertised as an all in one "kitchenette" so I think the idea of that new thing posted is really not that original of an idea.

Steph2000 - I know we aren't on Facebook but I was definitely looking for the "like" on that one!! How funny!! How did you stumble upon that one?!

At first I thought that this kitchen rotated on what appears to be a center pole, but no, that's the stack for the drain vent, isn't it? So it doesn't even rotate? What is the reason for the circle instead of an oval or a rectangle, except the style?

I think this is tailor made for a poker & beer room in a basement. At estate sales have been looking at the adaptations made by 1950s residents in my neighborhood and have seen a lot of little sinks, minikitchens, bars. You are welcome to come to the East Side of St. Paul and witness them. The only difference between theirs and this one is price and vision.

oh, boy. This would be great in Europe. Don't most of the kitchens "go" when the house is sold?

"Is the truck packed?"
"Wait, I just have to throw the kitchen in and we're done".

Does it rotate too? Looks like it's on a turntable.