What the Master Chef 043-0288-4 costs to run
The Master Chef 043-0288-4 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 207 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $39 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 46.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 380 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $34/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is KOOLATRON KBC-46SS ($39/yr, 207 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Master Chef 043-1501-0 ($39/yr, 207 kWh/yr).
Within the Master Chef lineup
Master Chef sells 6 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $21/year under the 043-0291-4, its priciest.
Master Chef 043-0288-4 over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $39/year, the Master Chef 043-0288-4 adds up to about $506 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Master Chef 043-0288-4 is already efficient for its category at $39/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Master Chef 043-0288-4 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.