We LOVE our UC microwave!

I'm looking into them. They sure do look convenient. ;)

Russ

The market seems to be geared towards wine fridges, as opposed to general beverages. I would be interested in a reasonably priced beverage fridge primarily to house craft beer at proper serving temp and maybe a few bottles of wine. Most of the built-ins you see have fixed-height shelves designed for laying wine horizontal.

Yea, I saw a few that were for cokes etc. I would love just a small "fridge" of some sort for longneck bottles of beer.. er.. I mean, sodas!.. lol

I'll post a link/picture if I come across anything.

Russ

I was looking at these today, and the new Sharp microwave drawer is completely flush--no handle--and it has a tip-out thing for the controls so you're looking down at them instead of scrunching around to look at a low, forward-facing panel. At a price premium of course!

The flip-down front built in microwaves can be placed at any level, not just under counter.

Drawer models of course should go under counter.

==> The market seems to be geared towards wine fridges, as opposed to general beverages.

I would have absolutely no hesitation about putting regular beverages in a wine fridge. The older model sub-zero's went down to 38 for the lower zone. The new ones go down to only 41. That 3 degrees makes a big difference in the enjoyment of a Diet Coke! The wine-storage designers at SZ can't possibly be thinking: "Gosh, those people are putting sodas in our awesome wine-storage units. We gotta put a stop to that!"

lol.. conspiracy! ;)

R

We have both an undercounter microwave and a beverage fridge. I bend down a little for the m/w controls, but 99% of the time I'm using the same buttons - open/close, stop/pause and the numbers to set time - I know their location now, so I just knuckle the panel and I'm set. The beverage fridge, I do have to go into a full deep-knee bend to grab things, but it's an alcohol-only fridge, and I use it a lot less than if it had, say, bottled water or if I stored juice/soda for children in it.

BTW, we ended up with a beverage fridge instead of wine fridge because Spouse is a big beer drinker, and most of the wine-fridge racks had slats that were too widely spaced to hold bottles of beer. Even 25-oz bottles of many microbrews and imports are skinnier than wine bottles, and slipped right through the slats when we tested empties at the appliance store. We have the obligatory few bottles of wine on the slats, removed one glass shelf so as to accommodate taller beer bottles, and the fridge works fine for our needs.

Do you have links to the ones you have? or model numbers?

Thanks!:)
R

Okay, well.. thanks.. but my wife says for 2400, I can buy a fridge for the garage off craigslist.. lol

Actually her exact words were, "that should just about cover the deposit for your apartment!"

lol

Sure is nice though!

R

Mimi what microwave and trim is that?

This is the newer version:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/KitchenAid-1-4-cu-ft-Built-In-Microwave-in-Stainless-Steel-KMBS104ESS/205993724

http://www.kitchenaid.com/shop/-[KMBS104ESS]-5539096/KMBS104ESS/

I love my Liebherr RU500 Beverage Cooler!! Keeps perfect temp for both white/pink wines and seltzer water. Very quiet too! I believe it may be discontinued with a newer model but perhaps you can still find one at a nice price.