What the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24R*4C-**-***** costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24R*4C-**-***** at 276 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
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 1,551 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 HK24R*4C-**-*****: Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24B*4C-**-***** ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr), then Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24T*4C-**-***** ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr).
Comparing Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's own models
Ranked 12 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).
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24R*4C-**-***** over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24R*4C-**-***** costs roughly $675 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $52/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24R*4C-**-***** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1,551 of 4,704, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24R*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.