KitchenAid KUR324SSB Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the KitchenAid KUR324SSB costs to run
The KitchenAid KUR324SSB is certified by ENERGY STAR at 274 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
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.
How the KitchenAid KUR324SSB compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 29% less, ranking 1,513 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $21/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the KitchenAid KUR324SSB on that list: KitchenAid KUR314KSS ($52/yr, 274 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while KitchenAid KUR524SPS ($52/yr, 274 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the KitchenAid lineup
Ranked 12 of KitchenAid's 100 certified refrigerators, this sits between the KUDR204KPA ($51/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the KSSC48QVS ($151/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the KitchenAid KUR324SSB that long and it costs about $670 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
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 KitchenAid KUR324SSB ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 274 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.