Master Chef 043-0291-4 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Master Chef 043-0291-4
ENERGY STAR certifies the Master Chef 043-0291-4 at 270 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $51 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.1% less, ranking 1,467 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Master Chef 043-0291-4: Mainstays MS553614756001 ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr), then Midea MDRT134FGFPRR ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 5 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 043-0291-4 that long and it costs about $660 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Master Chef 043-0291-4 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 270 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 1,467 of 4,704, the Master Chef 043-0291-4 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.