Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W*1-5-****: running cost
At 99 kWh/yr, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W*1-5-****'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $19 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W*1-5-**** against the category
That's 74.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 11 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $54/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W*1-5-**** ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W*1-5-****. Dacor DRW24G7500** ($18/yr, 95 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's own models
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet sells 13 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $33/year under the HK24T*4C-**-*****, its priciest.
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W*1-5-**** over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W*1-5-**** costs roughly $242 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W*1-5-**** is already efficient for its category at $19/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $19/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 11 of 4,704, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W*1-5-**** 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 99 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.