KitchenAid 20 cu. ft. French Door Refrigerator in Stainless Steel, Counter Depth
EXTENDFRESH Temperature Management System helps keep food fresh. Interior water dispenser provides easy access to filtered water. Produce Preserver helps keep fruits and vegetables fresh.
This 20 cu. ft. refrigerator has a counter-depth design that gives it a built-in look. But the beauty of this French door refrigerator goes beyond the exterior. The ExtendFresh Temperature Management System and Produce Preserver help keep food fresh. LED lighting throughout the refrigerator makes food easy to find on every level.
- ENERGY STAR-qualified, meets government standards to help conserve natural resources and save money on utility bills
- Interior water dispenser is conveniently located for easy access to ice-cold filtered water
- An automatic ice maker ensures a constant supply of ice on hand at all times for entertaining and everyday use
- Filtration system reduces contaminants from tap water running through the ice maker and water dispenser to help keep ice cubes and drinking water clean and fresh-tasting
- Electronic controls are conveniently located in the front of the refrigerators interior to make them easy to reach
- ExtendFresh temperature management system uses sensors in the refrigerator and freezer to help ensure all your ingredients remain at the appropriate temperature so they stay fresh and tasty
- 5 cantilever shelves in the fresh food compartment are made of spill-proof glass, so even when accidents happen, the mess is kept to a minimum
- A freshchill temperature-controlled full width pantry lets you properly store foods ranging from meats to produce by allowing manual adjustment of the amount of cold air that enters the drawer
- Humidity-controlled crispers provide adjustable humidity control, giving you a dedicated storage option to keep fresh food at optimum humidity levels
- A produce preserver absorbs ethylene gas emitted by many fruits and vegetables, causing them to over ripen, by removing ethylene, the produce preserver helps extend freshness
- Metal wine rack provides a durable storage solution for up to four bottles of wine or 2 l containers and can be removed for additional storage flexibility
- A dairy bin and 2 Gal. storage shelves built into the door give you even more storage options for all of your groceries
- Metallic accents on the shelf trim provide a touch of elegance and complement the high gloss interior finish of the refrigerator
Additional information
Depth (Excluding Handles) | 26.88 |
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Depth (Including Handles) | 29.38 |
Depth (Less Door) | 24.13 |
Depth With Door Open 90 Degrees (In) | 43.13 |
Height to Top of Door Hinge (in.) | 70.13 |
Height to Top of Refrigerator (in.) | 68.88 |
Product Depth x Height x Width (in.) | 30.5 x 70.13 x 35.75 |
Refrigerator Width (In.) | 36 |
Certifications and Listings | UL Listed |
Manufacturer Warranty | 10-year Limited Warranty: Year 1, Limited Parts & Labor Warranty; Years 2-5, Limited Parts & Labor Warranty on Cavity Liner and Sealed Refrigeration System; Years 6-10, Limited Parts Warranty on Sealed Refrigeration System |
Twenty or 20 may refer to:
- 20 (number), the natural number following 19 and preceding 21
- one of the years 20 BC, AD 20, 1920, 2020
A door is a hinged or otherwise movable barrier that allows ingress (entry) into and egress (exit) from an enclosure. The created opening in the wall is a doorway or portal. A door's essential and primary purpose is to provide security by controlling access to the doorway (portal). Conventionally, it is a panel that fits into the doorway of a building, room, or vehicle. Doors are generally made of a material suited to the door's task. They are commonly attached by hinges, but can move by other means, such as slides or counterbalancing.
The door may be able to move in various ways (at angles away from the doorway/portal, by sliding on a plane parallel to the frame, by folding in angles on a parallel plane, or by spinning along an axis at the center of the frame) to allow or prevent ingress or egress. In most cases, a door's interior matches its exterior side. But in other cases (e.g., a vehicle door) the two sides are radically different.
Many doors incorporate locking mechanisms to ensure that only some people can open them (such as with a key). Doors may have devices such as knockers or doorbells by which people outside announce their presence. Apart from providing access into and out of a space, doors may have the secondary functions of ensuring privacy by preventing unwanted attention from outsiders, of separating areas with different functions, of allowing light to pass into and out of a space, of controlling ventilation or air drafts so that interiors may be more effectively heated or cooled, of dampening noise, and of blocking the spread of fire.
Doors can have aesthetic, symbolic, ritualistic purposes. Receiving the key to a door can signify a change in status from outsider to insider. Doors and doorways frequently appear in literature and the arts with metaphorical or allegorical import as a portent of change.
French may refer to:
- Something of, from, or related to France
- French language, which originated in France
- French people, a nation and ethnic group
- French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
KitchenAid is an American home appliance brand owned by Whirlpool Corporation. The company was started in 1919 by The Hobart Manufacturing Company to produce stand mixers; the H-5 is the first model that was introduced. The company faced competition as rivals moved into this emerging market, and introduced its trademarked silhouette in the 1930s with the model "K", the work of designer Egmont Arens. The brand's stand mixers have changed little in design since, and attachments from the model "K" onwards are compatible with the modern machines.
Dishwashers are the second product line to have been introduced, in 1949. A late 1980s promotional campaign on the back of an expansion by retailer Williams Sonoma saw brand awareness double in three years.
A refrigerator, commonly fridge, is a commercial and home appliance consisting of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump (mechanical, electronic or chemical) that transfers heat from its inside to its external environment so that its inside is cooled to a temperature below the room temperature. Refrigeration is an essential food storage technique around the world. The low temperature reduces the reproduction rate of bacteria, so the refrigerator lowers the rate of spoilage. A refrigerator maintains a temperature a few degrees above the freezing point of water. The optimal temperature range for perishable food storage is 3 to 5 °C (37 to 41 °F). A freezer is a specialized refrigerator, or portion of a refrigerator, that maintains its contents’ temperature below the freezing point of water. The refrigerator replaced the icebox, which had been a common household appliance for almost a century and a half. The United States Food and Drug Administration recommends that the refrigerator be kept at or below 4 °C (40 °F) and that the freezer be regulated at −18 °C (0 °F).
The first cooling systems for food involved ice. Artificial refrigeration began in the mid-1750s, and developed in the early 1800s. In 1834, the first working vapor-compression refrigeration, using the same technology seen in air conditioners, system was built. The first commercial ice-making machine was invented in 1854. In 1913, refrigerators for home use were invented. In 1923 Frigidaire introduced the first self-contained unit. The introduction of Freon in the 1920s expanded the refrigerator market during the 1930s. Home freezers as separate compartments (larger than necessary just for ice cubes) were introduced in 1940. Frozen foods, previously a luxury item, became commonplace.
Freezer units are used in households as well as in industry and commerce. Commercial refrigerator and freezer units were in use for almost 40 years prior to the common home models. The freezer-over-refrigerator style had been the basic style since the 1940s, until modern, side-by-side refrigerators broke the trend. A vapor compression cycle is used in most household refrigerators, refrigerator–freezers and freezers. Newer refrigerators may include automatic defrosting, chilled water, and ice from a dispenser in the door.
Domestic refrigerators and freezers for food storage are made in a range of sizes. Among the smallest are Peltier-type refrigerators designed to chill beverages. A large domestic refrigerator stands as tall as a person and may be about one metre (3 ft 3 in) wide with a capacity of 0.6 m3 (21 cu ft). Refrigerators and freezers may be free standing, or built into a kitchen. The refrigerator allows the modern household to keep food fresh for longer than before. Freezers allow people to buy perishable food in bulk and eat it at leisure, and make bulk purchases.
Stainless may refer to:
- Cleanliness, or the quality of being clean
- Stainless steel, a corrosion-resistant metal alloy
- Stainless Games, a British video game developer
- Stainless Broadcasting Company, a TV broadcaster based in Michigan, US
- Stainless Banner, the second national flag of the Confederate States of America
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Because of its high tensile strength and low cost, steel is one of the most commonly manufactured materials in the world. Steel is used in buildings, as concrete reinforcing rods, in bridges, infrastructure, tools, ships, trains, cars, bicycles, machines, electrical appliances, furniture, and weapons.
Iron is always the main element in steel, but many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels, which are resistant to corrosion and oxidation, typically need an additional 11% chromium.
Iron is the base metal of steel. Depending on the temperature, it can take two crystalline forms (allotropic forms): body-centred cubic and face-centred cubic. The interaction of the allotropes of iron with the alloying elements, primarily carbon, gives steel and cast iron their range of unique properties. In pure iron, the crystal structure has relatively little resistance to the iron atoms slipping past one another, and so pure iron is quite ductile, or soft and easily formed. In steel, small amounts of carbon, other elements, and inclusions within the iron act as hardening agents that prevent the movement of dislocations.
The carbon in typical steel alloys may contribute up to 2.14% of its weight. Varying the amount of carbon and many other alloying elements, as well as controlling their chemical and physical makeup in the final steel (either as solute elements, or as precipitated phases), impedes the movement of the dislocations that make pure iron ductile, and thus controls and enhances its qualities. These qualities include the hardness, quenching behaviour, need for annealing, tempering behaviour, yield strength, and tensile strength of the resulting steel. The increase in steel's strength compared to pure iron is possible only by reducing iron's ductility.
Steel was produced in bloomery furnaces for thousands of years, but its large-scale, industrial use began only after more efficient production methods were devised in the 17th century, with the introduction of the blast furnace and production of crucible steel. This was followed by the Bessemer process in England in the mid-19th century, and then by the open-hearth furnace. With the invention of the Bessemer process, a new era of mass-produced steel began. Mild steel replaced wrought iron. The German states were the major steel producers in Europe in the 19th century. American steel production was centred in Pittsburgh, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Cleveland until the late 20th century. Currently, world steel production is centered in China, which produced 54% of the world's steel in 2023.
Further refinements in the process, such as basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS), largely replaced earlier methods by further lowering the cost of production and increasing the quality of the final product. Today more than 1.6 billion tons of steel is produced annually. Modern steel is generally identified by various grades defined by assorted standards organizations. The modern steel industry is one of the largest manufacturing industries in the world, but also one of the most energy and greenhouse gas emission intense industries, contributing 8% of global emissions. However, steel is also very reusable: it is one of the world's most-recycled materials, with a recycling rate of over 60% globally.
by Pamela
I love this refrigerator. It fits perfectly in my kitchen.
by Chris
installed 30 days ago in new kitchen, along with 4 other kitchenaid appliances
by Medic
I bought this refrigerator for the name and quality and I love the layout in where everything is located and how I can change up shelves!
by Anthony
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Overall design of fridge is quite nice. French doors very light and easy to open but seals up well upon closing. Shelving is very modular inside although the corners can be chamfered down a lot for safety (corners are sharp!). Door shelving is also very modular which is a plus. The optional wine rack that hangs under one of the shelves is a nice option to have and its good that its not a permanent mount for those who don’t use it. Bottom freezer storage is wire racks. Not sure if I like the trapezoid type design instead of a more rectangular design to enable more storage space. I still prefer a full plastic bin over wire racks but I can accept the wire racks also which is more efficient with cooling air flow. Drawer shelving plastic is quite cheap compared with previous Kenmore fridge. The drawers rely on sliding mechanism and not smooth rolling, they do NOT close with the close so care must be taken to first close the drawers and then close the door. Finally unit comes with a standard water filter installed and can make ice and/or provide filtered water dispensed on the left side of the fridge inside. The fridge is also quite quiet when cooling but when ice is dropped into the bin inside the freezer it is quite loud. Overall pricing is not too bad considering the warranty included and it is a Kitchen Aid brand.
by Spice
The family likes the new fridge, no more fighting with the GE garbage water/ice dispenser.
by Fridge
I bought this a month ago. Looks great and is very functional. Only reason it didn’t get 5 stars from me is that I was surprised in how little effort it takes to open, makes me think it doesn’t seal very tight.