See the Instant Pot Max, new KitchenAid colors and other gadgets from IHHS 2018

The newest Instant Pot, called the Instant Pot Max, promises to cook food faster and give you more options than other models of the popular electric pressure cooker.

The Instant Pot Max can crank up its pressure to a full 15 pounds per square inch (psi), an ability once reserved to stovetop pressure cookers. (Other Instant Pot models have a 12 psi maximum.) The higher pressure means that the Instant Pot Max should cook ingredients up to 15 percent faster than the company's quickest appliances do today.

The Instant Pot Max has a new automatic pressure-venting function. With current Instant Pots, you either wait for a natural release or manually open the steam valve. With the Max, you can program it to release its pressure quickly, slowly or pulse for moderate speed. 

The Instant Pot Max's other enhancements include a slick touchscreen display, updated controls with backlit LED labels and a central control dial you can use to navigate through the Max's menu options.

"Bird of Paradise" is KitchenAid's first-ever Color of the Year, which is similar to Pantone's annual campaign. It will be available later this year for the company's popular stand mixers and select small appliances.

Blue velvet is another new addition to KitchenAid's color lineup. It's a matte, light blue shade.

This is KitchenAid's new pink color, which is also matte.

This matte emerald color will also be available this year.

This dark shade of merlot is another new color for KitchenAid.

KitchenAid also introduced some new attachments for its stand mixers that will come out later this year. Those include this $170 sifter that includes a scale so you can measure ingredients by weight. 

This $349 kitchen appliance converts leftover food waste into fertilizer. It's similar to the Zera Food Recycler from WLabs by Whirlpool Corporation.

This multicooker handles Instant Pot staples such as steaming, roasting, baking, plus cooking slowly or quickly with pressure. What makes the Cool-Cooker stand out is that it can keep food cold, too. It can store items at food-safe temps, then kick into cook mode without you having to lift a finger, Gourmia says.

The iCuisine system is designed to connect kitchen tools like a whisk or spatula to an app so you can track the weight or temperature of your food. This works thanks to a small, Bluetooth-enabled device called the Wi-Key that you insert in the company's tools.

The system works thanks to a small, Bluetooth-enabled device called the Wi-Key that you insert in the company's tools.

Once you put the Wi-Key into a product, it will connect via Bluetooth to the company's app so you can see info about what you're cooking. 

The system is available in Europe, and the company is looking for US distributors.

This $900 side table can charge your devices, play music and chill drinks.

The cooler drawer is designed to store beverages. According to Storebound, the refrigeration system is thermoelectric (it doesn't have a compressor) so should function silently.

Its top surface has areas to charge phones and smartwatches wirelessly. It's also festooned with ports for USB, USB-C and standard 120V power outlets.

Color-changing LED lights sit on the table's front and back as well. Commanded by a motion sensor, the front lights operate primarily as a night light. LEDs on the back of the table can either set the mood or simulate sunrise for a gentle morning awakening.

The $129 BoxLock is an internet-connected padlock designed to protect your packages.

You put the BoxLock on a container big enough to hold delivery boxes and connect the lock to the internet via Wi-Fi. Once you've set up the lock and the app (available for iOS and Android), a delivery person is supposed to use the lock's built-in scanner to read your package label.

A Galanz rep said the company is still developing its smart refrigerator.

The $170 Oxo 8 Cup Coffee Maker joined the the company's lineup of kitchen appliances. It boasts a slim, sleek design that takes up less space than Oxo's previous electric coffee makers. Similar to machines made by Technivorm and Bonavita, the 8 Cup is designed to hit the SCA (Specialty Coffee Association) strict guidelines for "golden cup" brewing.

The Oxo 8 Cup Coffee Maker is designed to accept larger cups such as travel mugs.

You can brew directly into single cups too with the Oxo 8 Cup Coffee Maker.

Oxo updated its cold brew coffee gadget that it debuted three years ago. The new model, the $30 Oxo Compact Cold Brew Coffee Maker is now smaller. It will also automatically strain cold brew once you place it on top of its carafe.

The Oxo Compact Cold Brew Coffee Maker packs away inside itself for tidy storage.

This is a $1,000 wine opener that also preserves your bottle so you don't have to remove the cork. It also connects to an app that helps you pick wine for various dishes.

The opener pushes a thin needle through the cork and fills the space inside the bottle with argon gas to keep the wine fresh. You can then pour yourself a glass.

This company has a line of decanters that aerates your wine with purified oxygen and connects to an app via Wi-Fi.

You insert the beer of your choice into this countertop device, and it's supposed to enhance the flavor, similar to that of a tap.

Chi, a company best known for its flat irons, will make an iron with touchscreen controls. The iron will cost $149, and be available this summer in North America.

You put your clothes in this $129 device, zip it up and turn on the steam to remove wrinkles.