ORLANDO, FL — The Kitchen and Tub Business Present (KBIS) has introduced the 50 finalists for the 2026 Better of KBIS awards, the kitchen and bathtub business’s premier product recognition program. The annual competitors is sponsored by LUXE Interiors + Design and culminates throughout KBIS, the place winners are chosen and revealed dwell on the present flooring.
Spanning seven classes, Better of KBIS acknowledges how innovation is advancing throughout the kitchen and bathtub market—from wellness-driven options and sustainable supplies to sophisticated design and sensible know-how. Class-specific judging ensures that every product is evaluated inside its supposed utility, permitting efficiency, usability, and design intent to be assessed on equal footing.
Design-Led Judging With In-Particular person Analysis
Finalists had been chosen through the first part of judging by a panel of main designers, together with Robin and Regina Reaves of R&R Inside Design 365, Kelly Collier-Clark of Home of Clark Interiors, Rajni Alex of Rajni Alex Design, Jaque Bethke of JAQUE Design, Ahmad AbouZanat of AHMAD ABOUZANAT STUDIO, and Tamara Day, designer and tv host. Within the second part, judges will evaluate finalist merchandise in individual throughout KBIS.
Innovation Throughout Supplies, Efficiency, and Wellness
Entries submitted for Better of KBIS 2026 mirrored the place the kitchen and bathtub business is headed, with merchandise spanning cabinetry, {hardware}, home equipment, superior supplies, water and wellness options, and sustainability-focused improvements. Following a rigorous evaluate course of, the finalists symbolize the strongest examples of innovation into account this 12 months.
2026 Better of KBIS Finalists by Class
Recreation-Altering Innovation
Creative Tile; Composer; FOTILE America; FreePower; Hauslane; Kohler; Samsung Electronics
Most Useful Discover
Karran; Kohler (2); MORE® Floor Care; Noble Firm; Oatey; Richelieu {Hardware}; Ruvati
Fashion Assertion: Toilet
Brizo® Kitchen & Tub Firm; Brondell; Cosentino; Daltile; James Martin Vanities; Karran; Kohler; Pfister
Fashion Assertion: Kitchen
Berenson {Hardware}; Cosentino; Daltile; ROBAM; Kohler; Richelieu {Hardware}; True Caliber; ZLINE Kitchen and Tub
Sustainable Standout
Ecopure Filter; Induction {Hardware}; Kohler; MORE® Floor Care; Samsung Electronics; SKS
Wellness Trailblazer
Elkay; Empava; FOTILE America (2); Kohler; Richelieu {Hardware}
Finest in Present
Fabuwood; Goldenhome; Kohler; KitchenAid®; MORE® Floor Care; Richelieu {Hardware}; SKS
Awards Ceremony Set for February 18
Judges will award Gold and Silver honors in every class, together with one general Finest in Present winner. Particular merchandise will stay confidential till KBIS, the place attendees can determine finalists via in-booth signage throughout the present flooring.
Winners will likely be introduced throughout a dwell awards ceremony on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, from 4:00–5:00 p.m. EST at NEXTStage within the South Corridor, instantly adopted by the Better of KBIS Blissful Hour.
LUXE Interiors + Design serves because the media sponsor of Better of KBIS and doesn’t take part in or affect the judging course of.
For extra data go to kbis.com/show/best-of-kbis.
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