Kitchen Cabinet ratings for 2020. Reviews for the top selling cabinet brands.
February 24, 2020
Below is our comprehensive list of the top selling cabinet manufacturers in the United States and how they rank for construction quality and for value considering the price point of each cabinet line. Price point is rated from 1 to 6 with 6 being the most expensive custom cabinetry on the market.
Main Line Kitchen Design is a cabinet dealer with locations in the suburbs of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. OUR SERVICE AREA IS WITHIN A TWO HOUR DRIVE OF OUR BALA CYNWYD PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE.
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Warning
If you are price comparing cabinet lines please click here and read this first. Price comparing your design at different dealers often leads you down a bad road.
We rate cabinetry assuming each line is upgraded to the top level of construction available, usually all plywood construction. A grade of A for construction quality will not be equal across different price levels, as the more expensive price point cabinets will have far nicer finishes and construction options.
Note: The highest grade for Quality in any frameless European style cabinet line is a B. While frameless cabinetry is easier to access and is sleeker looking, it is also less durable than the best made framed cabinetry.
The value grade we give is not a rating about the quality of the cabinetry but a rating of how good an investment a cabinet line is considering it’s cost. For example, many of the most expensive well made cabinet lines receive lower marks on value even though as designers we think the cabinetry is the best in it’s class. These lines receive lower grades on value simply because there are competitors offering the same quality at slightly lower prices.
Main Line kitchen design acknowledges that we are dealers for the following cabinet lines: Wellsford, Bishop, Brighton, Fabuwood, Legacy Presidential, Stylecraft and CNC. We could be prejudiced towards ranking these lines more favorably, but we have tried to be impartial. However, since the cabinet lines we carry were chosen specifically for their construction quality and value, our ranking them well should not be a surprise.
CABINET RATINGS
Cabinet line | Price level 1-6 | Quality | Value |
21st Century | 1 | A | A- |
6 Square / CliqStudios | Closed | Closed | Closed |
Adelphia Kitchens | 3 | B | B |
Adornus (frameless) | 3 | B | B |
Alusso by Adornus (frameless) | 3 | B | B |
All Wood – framed | 2 | A | A |
All Wood – frameless | 1 | C | C |
American Woodmark | 3 | B | B |
Aristocraft | 2 | C | C |
Belmont 1900 Series Frameless | 4 | B | B+ |
Bertch | 4 | A | A- |
Bishop | 4 | A | B+ |
Bishop Frameless | 5 | B | B+ |
B.J. Tidwell Cabinetry | 3 | B | C+ |
Bremtown | 6 | A+ | B |
Brighton | 5 | A- | A+ |
Brookhaven | 5 | A | B |
Brubaker | 5 | A | A |
Cabico | 4 | B | B |
Candlelight | 4 | A | A |
Canyon Creek | 3 | B | B |
CliqStudios Reopened | 2.5 | B+ | ? |
CNC | 1.5 | A- | A- |
Collier | 5 | A | B- |
Craft-Made Cabinetry framed | 5 | A | A |
Crestwood Framed | 5 | A | A |
Crestwood Frameless | 5 | B | A- |
CrownPoint Cabinetry (framed) | 5.5 | A+ | A |
CrownPoint (frameless) | 5.5 | B | A |
Crystal custom | 5 | A | A |
Crystal semi-custom | 4 | B+ | B+ |
Cubitac Prestige and Imperial | 1.5 | A- | A- |
Cuisine Ideale (frameless) | 4 | B | B |
Decora | 4.5 | A | B |
Desginers Choice | 4 | A | A |
Design-Craft | 4 | B | B- |
Diamond | 4 | B+ / A- | B+/A- |
Diamond Now Stock | 1 | B | B |
Durasupreme | 5 | B+ | B- |
Durasupreme frameless | 3 | C | C |
Dynasty by Omega (frameless) | 4 | B | B+ |
Dynasty by Omega (framed) | 4 | A | A-/B+ |
Dynasty Pinnacle (framed) | 5 | A | B |
Echelon Cabinetry | 2 | B- | C |
Eclipse by Shiloh | 4.5 | B- / C+ | B |
Eurocraft Frameless | 3.5 | C | C+ |
Executive (frameless) | 4 | B | B |
Fabuwood | 2 | A | A |
Fabuwood (frameless) | Disc | Disc | Disc |
Fieldstone | 4.5 | A- | B+ |
Forevermark (Check Delivery Times) | 1.5 | B+ | B |
Grabill | 6 | A+ | B |
Great Northern Classic | 5 | A | A |
Green Forest | 2 | A | A- |
Haas | 3 | B | B |
Hampton Bay (frameless stock) | 1 | D | C+ |
Hanssem framed | 1 | B+ | B+ |
Holiday (frameless) | 3 | C | supply |
Holiday Kitchens | 4 | A | problems |
Homecrest | 3 | B+ | B+ |
Homestead Custom | 4 | A | A- |
Ideal Cabinetry | 2 | B | A- |
IKEA (frameless) | 1 | D | C |
Innovation | 2 | C | C |
JSI Cabinetry | 1 | B+ | B+ |
J&K Cabinets (Check Delivery Times) | 2 | A+ | A- |
Kabinart | 3 | C+ | D |
Kemper | 3 | B | C |
Kitchen Compact | 2 | B- | C- |
Kitchencraft (frameless) | 3 | C | B |
Kith | 3 | B+ | C+ |
Koch Classic | 4 | A- | A- |
Kountry Kraft (framed) | 6 | A | B |
Kountry Kraft (frameless) | 6 | B | B |
Kountry Wood | 2 | C | C |
Kraftmaid | 4 | A- | A- |
Kraftmaid Vantage | 4 | A- | A |
Legacy | 2.5 | B+ | B |
Legacy Presidential | 3 | A | B+ |
LifeArt | 1 | C+ | A |
Luxor Collection Frameless | 4 | B | B |
Marsh | 2 | B | B |
Marsh (frameless) | 2 | B- | B |
Medallion | 5 | A- | B+ |
Merillat | 2 | C | D |
Merit Kitchens | 4 | B+ | B |
Mid Continent | 2 | C | C |
Mouser | 5 | A | A- |
Mouser (frameless) | 5 | B | A |
NatureKast Waterproof Cabinets | 5 | A | A |
Norcraft (every upgrade used) | 3 | B | D |
Ovation | 4 | B | C |
Plain and Fancy | 6 | A | B+ |
Plato Woodwork | 5 | A | A |
Poggenpohl (frameless) | 6 | B | C |
ProCraft | 1 | A | A- |
QCCI Quality Custom | 6+ | A+ | A- |
QuakerMaid (frameless) | 4 | B | B |
RiverRun Cabinetry | 3.75 | B | B- |
R.D. Henry | 4 | A | A |
Rutt | 6 | A+ | A |
Schrock | 4 | B+/ A- | B+/ A- |
Schuler | 5 | A- | B+ |
Shenandoah | 3 | B | B |
Shiloh | 4 | C | C |
Showplace | 4 | A | B++ |
ShowplaceEVO (frameless) | 3.5 | B | B+ |
Siematic | 5.5 | B | C |
Signature Custom | 5 | A+ | A+ |
Siteline Cabinetry | 3.5 | B- | C |
Solid Wood Cabinets | Closed | Bankrupt | |
St. Martin (frameless) | 3.5 | B | A |
Starmark standard | 5 | C | C |
Starmark inset or 3/4″ back panel | 5 | A+ | A |
Stylecraft | 6 | A | A |
Tedd Wood | 5 | A | A |
Thomasville* | 4 | B+/A- | B+/A- |
Thomasville Nouvell | 3 | D | D |
Timberlake | 3 | B | B |
Tru Cabinetry | 3 | B | B+/ A- |
Ultracraft (frameless) | 2 | C | C |
Ultracraft 3/4 ply upgrade | 3 | B | B+/A- |
Urban Effects (frameless) | 3.75 | c- | D |
Village | 5 | A | A |
Waypoint | 2 | B | B |
Wellborn | 4 and 5 | A | A |
Wellborn Forrest | 3.5 | B+ | B+ |
Wellsford | 5 | A+ | A+ |
Wellsford (frameless) | 5 | B | A- |
Wolf | 2 | A | B+ |
Wolf Signature Series | 3.5 | A- | C+ |
Woodharbor | 5 | B+ | C |
Woodmode | 6 | A | A- |
Yorktowne Now an Elkay CO | 4 | A- | B+ |
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All the designers that gave us input on the cabinet lines below have greater than 20 years experience in our industry. When possible all construction specifics were double checked on the web sites for each cabinet line.