Maytag MRFF5336TZ: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Maytag MRFF5336TZ at 715 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $134 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 85.2% above it, ranking 4,527 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 $62/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 Maytag MRFF5336TZ: KitchenAid KRFF436SPS ($134/yr, 715 kWh/yr), then VIKING FDSB5483***** ($134/yr, 715 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 28 of Maytag's 29 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MB*1957DE* ($88/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRMF5436TZ ($138/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Maytag MRFF5336TZ costs roughly $1,747 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Maytag MRFF5336TZ runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $134/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Maytag MRFF5336TZ 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 715 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.