Customer Reviews

Kidkraft Deluxe Let's Cook Kitchen

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I was a little skeptical about the price, but if you shop around you will find that the good plastic kitchens are $70+ dollars. This one is wood (not solid wood). You have to put it together yourself. All the pieces are well labeled. It is easy to do. If you have ever assembled furniture, you will find this much easier. It is heavy to move by yourself, but you will not have to worry about this kitchen falling over.

The bright colors make it a good choice for boys or girls. It is a good size for older children to use and for 2 to 3 children to play with at the same time. This is better for children ages 4-8.

After moving it for the summer to be shared by toddlers and summer day care students it has lost all doors. The screws no longer stay in and the part that holds the door won't stay on. This is because younger children slam and swing on doors and want to climb on the kitchen.

It took my husband two hours to put this kitchen together. He is handy making furniture and other stuff from Ikea. So this was kind of same style... He didn't take a break in between. It took me fiffteen mintues to bring all the parts (mostly heavy parts) from garage to our kitchen. (since that's where this toy kitchen is going to stay). So all together 2hours 15minutes.

Which is totally worth it. It looks so good. My four years old son loves it. He can reach the sink and stove. He can open the microwaves too. My 16 months age daughter can open diswasher, oven and Fridge. So it is fun for her too. Lot of growing can be done (I even played with it for few minutes). I liked it for myself too :) I think kids can play with it till age 8 or even more if they are still into it. Maybe Girls are more than boys at that age.
It comes with wooden spoon, pot holder and other red wooden spoon. All that you see behind the stove in the picture. Oven, diswasher, freezer, refigrater and microwaves doors opens. (this kitchen does not have a turn table in the microwave). Dishwasher's wooden shelf can slide in and out of the door. I don't know how I feel about it. Sink can come out too. Oven shelf can not come out as it is design that way. Lot of storage room. Refrigrater has a shelf in it and freezer have room to put stuff in. All knobs for diswasher and oven move and make click sound which my 4 age son and 16 months daughter both enjoys it. sink knobs moves red for hot and blue for cold water but it doesn't make a clik noise. (it's not suppose to.... it does look real). very roomy as kids grow they can buy more appliance and put them next to microwaves and on the top shelf above the microwaves and freezer.
It comes with a wooden blue phone as shown on the picture and wall clock with moveable hands for hour and minutes. Clock is located on the left side (refrigrater side). My son loves moving the handles. I think I'm going to teach him how to tell time. Since he is showing interst in it.
I made room for this kitchen on one side of my own kitchen. So kids can play here while I'm busy cooking, doing dishes etc. They have their own kitchen to do all that. Beside it is white color with red stove top which makes it look really neat, and fun to have it in your kitchen. You will not get board looking at it.
Also kids are so busy with their own kitchen that they will not open and close YOUR kitchen cabniets and pantry, disherwasher etc.
This is the toy that kids of all ages can play with it everyday and still not get bored with it. A good investment which will last for years to come. Kitchen is made of solid wood, bottom shelf are also solid wood, not cheap kind. All corners are rounded so there is no chance for kids to get hurt. Grocery list and Water dispencer is painted on it...which looks really nice too. My 4yrs old plays with the water dispencer by putting his glass front of the picture and pretending that water in coming.
Nice chucking yet colorful and beautiful handle on all doors which makes it easy for even a 16months old to hold handles in their hands and open doors. POTS and dishes, (pretend food play) is something you will have to spend extra money on so kids can truly enjoy playing with it. Obviously no pot or dishes comes with it. Melissa and Doug and Learning Resource makes nice ones. You can choose wooden or platic.
Hope this review helped and answer your questions. By the way kidkrafts (maker of this Kitchen) are really helpful if you need any help building this or replacing any parts. This Kitchen came with all the instructions and tools. The only thing we need was two diffrents kinds of screw drivers which almost all homes have it in their house. 5 stars for quality, durabily and fun.

I normal don't comment on products but any more as a rule I don't purchase anything without looking at the user reviews on Amazon. Since there are not many reviews on this product I felt compelled to say how please I am with this purchase. I just finised putting this together and it took about 2 hours however I was watching the football game so you could probably knock thirthy minutes (maybe 45) off that if you were focused. My wife and I were going to purchase the Melissa and Doug kitchen but after reading the reviews and people commenting that it took four hours to put together and they had to drill new holes because so many were misalligned we decided to purchase this one instead. I am very glad we did. What I like most of all is that when you screw two pieces of wood together you do not screw from one piece into another peice of wood but instead into a metal insert on the other piece of wood. You cannot strip out the insert like you can another piece of wood. You could actually take it apart and put it back together and it would be as strong as the first time you put it together unlike when you screw directly into wood. We purchased this for my two year old son so I am very happy with the primary colors. I am not sure why they say there are small parts the only thing I can think of is if one of the screws come out and then you would have a screw and metal insert that could be a choking hazard. I screwed everything together very tightly and I dont think one of the screws could come out. I'll let you know as I am sure it will get quit a work out from my son.

We were so excited to finally find a high quality wooden kitchen that is not pink! This kitchen is cute and has great colors that can be equally good for a girl or a boy. Unlike the plastic kitchens, this one is a heavy, sturdy, roomy kitchen made to outlast your kids. Every door has a catch to keep them closed securely so they don't just swing open, and there is TONS of storage space.

Our 4-yr-old son was really excited to see how big and complete the kitchen was. He couldn't believe he actually had a refrigerator AND freezer AND oven AND dishwasher, etc.

Assembly was pretty easy, if you've ever put wooden furniture together before, although it did take a few hours. The instructions were very clear, and all the holes were drilled properly, etc. We had no problems at all with assembly, and I only needed a 2nd set of hands to help once or twice.

I have absolutely nothing negative to say about this. We got it for Christmas, and he has been playing with it every chance he gets. Definitely a winner!

UPDATE July 2011: We purchased this for Christmas 2008, and we still love it! Our son is now 6, and though he doesn't play with it every day like he did for nearly 2 years, he does still enjoy it, and it is still in excellent condition. In all this time, he has only broken one part... he accidentally fell into the open dishwasher door, and it broke. We were able to easily order a replacement, and it is now good as new. Still very happy with our purchase!

We got this kitchen for our 2 and 4 yr olds. When it arrived, the plastic sink was already cracked. We put it together Christmas eve, me and my husband together along with our battery operated screwdriver didn't run into any problems and finished in prob. 2 hrs. On Christmas morning the boys were just looking it over and after about 3 minutes one of the doors broke off after just opening and closing it. Then 5 days later another door broke off. They were unrepairable. The actual wood was breaking and the inside of those doors are like cardboard. This kitchen was not rough handled. We took it back and exchanged it for a plastic one. The kitchen is very pretty and big though. I just didn't want to keep it after only 5 days and 3 things were broken.

This is our 3rd play kitchen. We started with a little plastic cheap thing from Walmart. It lasted about a month and my kids never played with it because it kept tipping over, so we upgraded to a sturdier plastic one. My kids liked it, but it was too crowded for 3 kids and there wasnt a good place to put it except the middle of the room because then needed to be able to get to all sides. This kitchen is AWESOME!! It is heavy (about 80 lbs) and real sturdy. The doors open and close easy enough for my 2 year old to do it. The knobs click when turned and the hands on the clock can be moved. All 3 kids can use it at once without too much crowding and since it is all in a line, we can out it against a wall. It only took my husband and me about an hour to put together. Everything was labeled perfectly and the instructions were very clear. Pieces fit together perfect. We have put a lot of things together for the kids and this was by far the easiest!! This is a great investment when you consider the plastic ones cost just as much and are not near as cool as this!

I have spent WAY too much time researching play kitchens. We had a Little Tykes plastic one I purchased at a garage sale and I was so unhappy with it so I did lots of research to find it's replacement. We bought this one and I could not be more pleased! Here are a few of the great features:

Storage, Storage, Storage - lots of room for all the play food, pots & pans, etc that kids want to have to go along with the kitchen.

The oven and sink are large enough to fit the Melissa and Doug playsets so they can actually "clean" and "cook" thier foods, dishes,etc. (This is a huge difference in this kitchen vs. others - many are not deep enough for the oven or sink to actually fit anything in).

The faucet and knobs all make a kid-satisfying noises without any electronic buzzing to drive mom nuts

The doors for the oven and dishwasher open out instead of down so that kids aren't standing (and breaking) them.

Gender nentral colors

To quote my husband, the assembly is not for the faint of heart. It takes time and patience but everything is well labeled, directions are clear and the product is well made.

After a few days of heavy play I can say we are thrilled with this purchase!!

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We bought this kitchen for our twin boys 2nd birthday. They both love helping me in the kitchen, so I thought they would enjoy having their own!
It was a great purchase, they play with it everyday and we have had it for a year now! It's very well made and has alot of storage space. Which is a must if you're going to have play food! I love the simplicity of it, leaves room for their imaginations!! One of my twins makes beeping noises everytime he uses the microwave, so cute. I would recommend this play kitchen to anyone. I did alot of research before deciding on this one, I'm so glad I did!

I did a lot of research to find my kids the best kitchen. I looked at Melissa and Doug, and many other kidkraft kitchens. IMO you can't find another kitchen for this price. I love the colors, they work well for boy or girl (and I have one of each). My husband put it together by himself, took him about 2 hours, the worst part, he said, was the little styrofoam things that come off the packaging were everywhere!
Unlike some kitchens, this kitchen is tall enough to get many fun filled years out of. My 5 year old can reach the top and my 3 year old can reach the lower parts, she has a little stool she uses to work the microwave and such. They have spent hours playing with it and all their food toys. We got it 6 months ago for Christmas and they still have fun times at least once a week preparing meals for each other. I love that the 'oven' and 'dishwasher' open to the side instead of to the ground. That way the kids cannot step on the doors and break them off. Good thinking Kidkraft!

We purchased this kitchen set for our three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter. I read a LOT of reviews for both plastic kitchen sets and wooden sets. I went with a wooden set because people seemed to complain about storage space in the plastic kitchens. Also because the refrigerators in plastic sets were not in proportion with the other parts of the kitchens. They all have these short, stubby refrigerators and small ovens. We have Melissa and Doug play food (the pizza and cookies right now, more to come), and those reviewing plastic kitchens stated that Melissa and Doug cookie sheets will not fit in the ovens. Also, plastic kitchens tend to have shallow sinks, which I don't think would be much fun to play with.

I compared the Kidkraft kitchen to the Melissa & Doug Classic Deluxe Kitchen and found them to be very similar. They are the same size, but just mirror images of each other. I liked that the Kidkraft kitchen has raised, realistic-looking burners. The Melissa and Doug kitchen is also more than twice the price of the Kidkraft kitchen.

I understand that Kidkraft will replace any broken parts (as will Melissa and Doug), so it's nice to know that if I need that option, I have it.

So far, the kitchen is wonderful. My son was extremely excited about it, as was our daughter (but she's one, so she'd be excited about anything!) The colors are bright and I like the layout of the kitchen. We can store things on top of the kitchen as well as in the large cupboards, dishwasher, oven, and fridge. My husband put it together in a couple of hours by himself. He did say that the pre-drilled holes were not always perfectly aligned, but I guess it wasn't that much of a problem because he got it put together in the end!

I also like that the doors have latches that keep the doors closed when not in use. They take a little bit of effort to open, but my three-year-old can do it on his own with no problem.

I recommend the Educational Insights Mixer to go along with this kitchen. The color scheme looks like it belongs with the Kidkraft kitchen! My son absolutely loves the mixer and it just adds that much more to the fun of a toy kitchen set!