Kenmore KKUF21-W Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Kenmore KKUF21-W
The Kenmore KKUF21-W is certified by ENERGY STAR at 493 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 533 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $17/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is Kenmore KKUF21- ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is KOOLATRON KTUF600-W-E ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Among Kenmore's 9 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $46/year over the KMR11MS2EA16C, the brand's cheapest.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Shopping for a new one
The Kenmore KKUF21-W runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $93/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Kenmore KKUF21-W ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Ranked 533 of 658, the Kenmore KKUF21-W sits in the middle of the freezer category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 493 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.