Running cost for the Master Chef 043-0290-6
At 226 kWh/yr, the Master Chef 043-0290-6's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $42 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 Master Chef 043-0290-6 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 41.5% less, ranking 829 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $30/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Master Chef 043-0290-6 on that list: Magic Chef HMAR45HCWE ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MRM44B4ABB ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Master Chef lineup
Ranked 4 of Master Chef's 6 certified refrigerators, this sits between the 043-0288-4 ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the 043-0291-4 ($60/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 Master Chef 043-0290-6 that long and it costs about $552 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $42/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 Master Chef 043-0290-6 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
Ranked 829 of 4,704, the Master Chef 043-0290-6 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 226 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.