Master Chef 043-0293-0 Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Master Chef 043-0293-0 costs to run
The Master Chef 043-0293-0 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 196 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $37 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 51.1% less, ranking 24 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $39/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Master Chef 043-0293-0: L2 LRC05M3A ($37/yr, 196 kWh/yr), then Whirlpool WZC3209LW ($38/yr, 201 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of Master Chef's 3 certified freezers, this sits between the 043-0292-2 ($33/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the 043-2352-8 ($45/yr, its priciest).
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.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified freezers go, $37/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Master Chef 043-0293-0 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
At rank 24 of 658 for running cost, see the freezer category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 196 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.