Running cost for the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24B*4C-**-*****
At 276 kWh/yr, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24B*4C-**-*****'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $52 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 refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 28.5% less, ranking 1,550 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $21/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 Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24B*4C-**-*****: Danby DCR049B1BSLDB ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr), then Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24R*4C-**-***** ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr).
Within the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet lineup
Ranked 11 of Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's 13 certified refrigerators, this sits between the UKS15W*1-5-**** ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HK24T*4C-**-***** ($52/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24B*4C-**-***** that long and it costs about $675 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $52/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24B*4C-**-***** already costs $52/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 1,550 of 4,704, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24B*4C-**-***** sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 276 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.