Whois & Analysis for dacor.com

Dacor ("day-core") is a California-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics America that designs, manufactures and distributes kitchen appliances, specializing in the ultra-premium product tier, including wall ovens, ranges, cooktops, dishwashers, warming drawers, microwaves, ventilation hoods, refrigerators, wine dispensers, barbecue grills and beverage centers.

Founded in 1965 by Stanley M.

Joseph, the company had been continuously owned and operated by three generations of the Joseph family until it was sold to Samsung in August 2016.

Home appliances are electrical/mechanical machines which accomplish some household functions, such as cooling/heating, cooking or cleaning.

Home appliances can be classified into:

A refrigerator (colloquially fridge) is a popular household appliance that consists of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump (mechanical, electronic or chemical) that transfers heat from the inside of the fridge to its external environment so that the inside of the fridge is cooled to a temperature below the ambient temperature of the room.

Refrigeration is an essential food storage technique in developed countries.

The lower temperature lowers the reproduction rate of bacteria, so the refrigerator reduces the rate of spoilage.

A refrigerator maintains a temperature a few degrees above the freezing point of water.

Optimum temperature range for perishable food storage is.

A similar device that maintains a temperature below the freezing point of water is called a freezer.

The refrigerator replaced the icebox, which had been a common household appliance for almost a century and a half.

For this reason, a refrigerator is sometimes referred to as an icebox in American usage.

In economics, a luxury good is a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises, and is a contrast to a "necessity good", for which demand increases proportionally less than income.

Luxury goods are often synonymous with superior goods and Veblen goods.

A kitchen stove, usually called a gas range (especially but not only in US English), range, cooker, or oven is a kitchen appliance designed for the purpose of cooking food.

Kitchen stoves rely on the application of direct heat for the cooking process and may also contain an oven, used for baking.