Casa Sammamish came equipped with a double-door refrigerator with a freezer drawer on the bottom. Our erstwhile landlords wanted the most cubic footage for the space allotted in the kitchen. All well and good, but I’ve noticed some drawbacks to the configuration of this fridge:
- The food on one side of the fridge turns over rapidly; food on the other side turns to compost. If I want to take leftovers to lunch the next day, I put them on the left side of the fridge so Julian won’t find them for his midnight snack. I just have to remember where I put the food.
- Stuff expands to fill the cubic footage. You buy a case of white wine at Costco and it all goes in the fridge. You buy multiple bottles of hot sauce or fancy pickled vegetables to stuff the door shelves. (We are guilty of this sin.)
- Bottom freezers may be more energy-efficient, but they’re not practical for folks with creaky knees or balance issues. Things settle to the bottom of the drawer never to be seen again until you move. On the other hand, bottom freezers can work well for people in wheelchairs.
- The drawers in a bottom freezer never seem to be tall enough for half-gallons (actually 1.75 quarts these days) of ice cream or other oddly-shaped containers. And it’s difficult to lay something flat in there if you want to freeze it in a single layer.
There is one upside to the double-door refrigerator: More room for grocery lists, postcards, and cartoons.
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