Black Friday 2026 lands on November 27 — a little over three weeks from today. That means none of the prices below are official Black Friday prices yet; retailers don’t lock those in until the week of the sale. What you can do right now is look at what these products actually cost today, and how much they’ve historically dropped on past Black Fridays, so you know a real deal from a markup-then-markdown trick when the day finally arrives. We picked seven specific, currently-sold products with a documented history of meaningful November discounts, rather than vague “kitchen gadget” trend talk.
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1. KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer
The KitchenAid Artisan is the stand mixer most people picture when they hear the word “stand mixer” — a 325-watt tilt-head machine with 10 speeds, a 5-quart stainless bowl, and the same attachment hub (pasta rollers, grinders, spiralizers) that’s kept this model line relevant for decades. List pricing across major retailers currently runs $449–$499 depending on color and seller. It isn’t cheap, but it’s a buy-once appliance. On Black Friday 2021, Amazon and KitchenAid.com both dropped the 5-quart Artisan to $349.99 (save $80); in 2023, Amazon cut it to $349.95, about 24% off. If that pattern holds, expect somewhere in the $340–$370 range this year — not confirmed yet, but a reasonable target to watch for.
2. Instant Pot Duo 6-Quart 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker
The original Instant Pot Duo — pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, sauté pan, yogurt maker, and warmer in one 1000-watt unit, with an app that includes over 800 recipes — is still the one most people mean when they say “Instant Pot.” Its $109.99 list price is already routinely discounted to around $64.99–$69.99 outside of any sale event, which tells you how much margin retailers build in. Black Friday has pushed it lower still: Walmart has hit $50 on the 6-quart Duo in past years, and Amazon’s own November lows have landed in the high-$40s to high-$60s depending on the year. This is one of the more reliably deep discounts on this list.
3. Ninja Air Fryer Max XL (AF161)
Ninja’s AF161 is a 5.5-quart single-basket air fryer with “Max Crisp Technology” — 1750 watts pushing air at up to 450°F, which Ninja claims cooks about 30% faster than its predecessor. It launched at an MSRP of $169.99 but rarely sells anywhere near that; $119–$130 is a fairly typical non-sale Amazon price. During Black Friday and early-November promotional windows, it’s been tracked as low as $109.98, and some early-access “Black Friday” listings have advertised closer to 40% off. If you want an entry-level air fryer without the dual-zone complexity, this is the one to watch rather than overpay for a newer model with the same core function.
4. Ninja Foodi 6-in-1 2-Basket Air Fryer (DZ201)
If one basket isn’t enough for a household, the DZ201 gives you two independent 4-quart zones plus “Match Cook” and “Smart Finish” modes so two different foods — say, chicken and fries — finish cooking at the same time. List price is $199.99, but the actual street price has bounced between $119.99 and $159.99 for most of 2026, and Black Friday–era deals have pushed it to a tracked low of around $119.95, roughly 40% off. It’s a bigger, bulkier countertop commitment than a single-basket fryer, but for a family that’s actually using it daily, the dual zones are the real differentiator, not a gimmick.
5. Breville Bambino Espresso Machine (BES450BSS)
The Bambino is Breville’s smallest espresso machine — a 54mm portafilter, digital PID temperature control, a 3-second ThermoJet heating system, and automatic milk texturing, all in a footprint that fits on a narrow counter. It typically sells around $299.95 on Amazon outside of sales. That makes it notable that this machine is rarely discounted at all: one December, Amazon dropped it to $249.95, and price trackers show an all-time low around $221.36. Compare that to the larger Bambino Plus, which commenters and deal sites consistently report almost never drops below $350–$400 even on Black Friday — so if a compact espresso machine is on your list, the base Bambino is the better one to watch for a real discount.
6. Ninja CREAMi 7-in-1 Ice Cream Maker (NC301)
The CREAMi turns a frozen base — made in its included pint containers — into ice cream, gelato, sorbet, milkshakes, or smoothie bowls via seven one-touch programs. It’s become one of the most-gifted small appliances of the last two holiday seasons, partly thanks to social media recipe trends. SharkNinja’s own site lists it around $229.99, while Amazon’s typical non-sale price runs closer to $164–$180. Because demand spikes hard every November and December, this is one where the supply, not just the price, is the thing to watch — past holiday seasons have seen it sell out at the better price points before Black Friday itself even arrives.
7. Caraway 12-Piece Non-Stick Ceramic Cookware Set (Sage)
Caraway’s ceramic, PFAS- and PFOA-free cookware set — fry pan, saucepan, sauté pan, and Dutch oven, each with a lid, plus magnetic storage racks — lists at $445 on Amazon, and has been seen discounted to around $355 (about 20% off) during Amazon sale events like Prime Day. Caraway’s own site tends to run 20–25% off sitewide during Black Friday and Cyber Week in past years, which is a slightly deeper discount pattern than what’s shown up on Amazon specifically — worth comparing both sellers rather than assuming Amazon will automatically match Caraway.com’s own promotion. Oven-safe to 550°F, and a genuine upgrade if you’re still cooking on scratched non-stick from a decade ago.
How to actually watch these between now and November 27
Every price above is accurate as of early November 2026, based on current listings and documented past Black Friday discount patterns — not a guess at what this year’s sale will do. A few practical habits make the difference between a real deal and a reset-then-discount illusion: run the ASIN through a price-history tool like CamelCamelCamel before buying, so you can see the actual 90-day average rather than the “was” price on the sale banner; set a price-drop alert for anything over $150 so you’re not manually refreshing pages during Thanksgiving week; and decide your target price now, using the historical lows above, rather than deciding in the moment a countdown timer is pressuring you. Black Friday pricing on items like the Instant Pot Duo and the Ninja air fryers tends to go live earlier — often the first half of November — while appliances like the Bambino and the KitchenAid mixer are more likely to hold their price until the day itself. We’ll update this guide with confirmed 2026 Black Friday prices as they go live.
