Master Chef 043-0291-4 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Master Chef 043-0291-4: running cost
At 321 kWh/yr, the Master Chef 043-0291-4's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Master Chef 043-0291-4 against the category
That's 16.8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,024 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 $12/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TCL TRM47D5AW ($60/yr, 321 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Master Chef 043-0291-4. Insignia NS-CF30SS9 ($60/yr, 321 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Master Chef's own models
Among Master Chef's 6 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $21/year over the 043-0288-4, the brand's cheapest.
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 043-0291-4 that long and it costs about $785 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Master Chef 043-0291-4 is already efficient for its category at $60/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
$60/year to run is the predictable cost of the Master Chef 043-0291-4; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
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 321 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.